shear-headn.

Etymology: < shear n.¹, shear n.²

1. The upper part of the apparatus for hoisting known as ‘shears’ (see shear n.¹).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > shear-legs or gin > upper part

shear-head1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Hulk The tackles, which extend from the head of the mast to the sheer-heads.

1847 A. C. Key Narr. Recov. H.M.S. Gorgon 24 A guy was taken from the sheerhead to the shore.

†2. Mining. ? A ‘fault’. Obsolete.

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1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 56 It no where partakes of the regular dip..of the stratum,..but is broken and interrupted with what the miners call shear-heads and saddles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	shear-head
释义	shear-headn. Etymology: < shear n.¹, shear n.² 1. The upper part of the apparatus for hoisting known as ‘shears’ (see shear n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > shear-legs or gin > upper part shear-head1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Hulk The tackles, which extend from the head of the mast to the sheer-heads. 1847 A. C. Key Narr. Recov. H.M.S. Gorgon 24 A guy was taken from the sheerhead to the shore. †2. Mining. ? A ‘fault’. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 56 It no where partakes of the regular dip..of the stratum,..but is broken and interrupted with what the miners call shear-heads and saddles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1769
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