单词 | scarcement |
释义 | scarcementn. Scottish and northern. a. Building. A plain flat set-off or rebate in a wall, or in a foundation or bank of earth. Also transferred a flat ledge projecting from the face of a rock. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > groove, channel, or cavity mortisec1390 rabbet1453 rebate1532 scarcement?1553 riggle1555 chamfering1565 mortise hole1585 rebatement1592 chamfer1601 gain1848 score1850 champer1854 blind holes1869 chase1871 1398 in J. Raine Hist. Dunelmensis Scriptores Tres (1839) p. clxxx Erit eciam planus murus et in fundamento spissitudinis sive latitudinis duarum ulnarum, cum quatuor bonis et securis scarcementis.] ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1434 in Shorter Poems (1967) 92 Skarsement [1579 Edinb. Skarsment], repryse, corbell and battelyngis. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Scarcement, a shelf amongst rocks; a shelf leaning out from the main face of a rock; on scarcements, build sea-fowl. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1073 The foundations to be laid with flat-bedded stones laid in regular courses, and to be taken in by regular scarsements (sets back) as shown in the sections. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 170 The outside walls should be founded with stones..so laid, in reference to the line of foundation, as to form a scarcement of 6 inches on each side of the wall above them. 1899 R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. x. 393 A scarcement or ledge, nearly a foot in width, ran round the entire inner court. b. Mining. A ledge left projecting into a mine-shaft. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 971 If a strong bed of sandstone occurs, a scarcement of it is left projecting about 3 feet into the shaft. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 172 Scarcement, a projecting ledge of rock, left in a shaft as footing for a ladder, or to support pit-work, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1553 |
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