| 单词 | rub-board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrub-board rub-board n. (a) a board fitted with teeth, over which newly manufactured linen is drawn in finishing; (b) North American a washboard; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > other equipment card1463 percha1533 pickard1549 frieze-board1688 rub-board1737 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > board on which clothes are rubbed washboard1845 rub-board1964 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > washboard washboard1925 rub-board1964 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 232/2 This [flax] is so hard to whiten, that scarce any thing, except the Rub-Boards, will take out the Sprit. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 180 Thence into the rub boards; if coarse cloth one rub sufficient. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) Index Rubboard Man (Bleach Works). 1937 Z. N. Hurston Their Eyes were watching God vi. 83 Dat mule so skinny till de women is usin' his rib bones fuh uh rub-board. 1964 Amer. Folk Music Occas. No. 1. 28 Clifton Chenier is no doubt the best known of the so-called ‘Zydeco’ musicians. This music..usually features the accordion with drum or rub-board accompaniment. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Feb. 22/2 Building furniture and washing clothes on a rub board in a small tub. 2001 Day (New London, Connecticut) 30 Aug. (Entertainment This Week section) 5/1 Both are accordion driven, but Cajuns often use a fiddle and a triangle and zydeco musicians use a rubboard. < as lemmas |
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