单词 | sidewall |
释义 | sidewalln. 1. a. A wall forming the side of a building, room, or enclosure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > other types of wall sidewall1381 brick wall1465 outwall1535 parpen1591 parapet1598 inwall?1611 breastwork1673 parapet wall1682 dwarf1718 screen1761 screen wall1770 hollow wall1823 alure1853 curtain wall1859 core-wall1899 blank wall1904 1381 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 171 (MED) Quod le sidwall sit in altitudine vij pedes. 1442 Acct. in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. (1901) 7 118 Joh beckley of Nedydon for the reryng of the ii syde walls..vii marks. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. avv Apone yat riche river..The side wallis war set. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xli. 9 The thicknesse of the syde wall without. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xxi. 352 Which two Proverbs speak no more contradiction, then he that saith that the two opposite side-walls of an house hold up the same roof. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 238 It was almost side-wall high. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 62/2 The rail or side-wall of the Bridge... The height of this side-wall..must be four foot. 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 65 It is lighted, besides several windows in the side walls, by a Venetian window..in the western gavel. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 84 The side-walls had long since given way to time. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 420 Upon this the side-walls are to be founded. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 One sidewall long had in ruins lain. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 116 I dragged him and Petunia back into the shadow under the side-wall of the Picturedrome. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 54/1 (advt.) If these siding shingles are applied right over the old sidewalls, you gain greatly in insulating efficiency. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Aug. ix. 2/1 Dromes were an outgrowth of mile-long racetracks—similar, but with less steep sidewalls. b. In extended use: any vertical or upright surface that forms the side of something. ΚΠ 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 258 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The stakes are the means of adding side-walls, as it were, to the hedge. 1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) i. ii. 52 Sieve-plate on the side-wall. 1905 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 13 5 Avalanches not rarely fall down from the side walls of a valley on the surface of a glacier. 1971 J. Grigson Good Things (U.S. ed.) 50 A layer of additional dough is pinched on to the side walls to make the top. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Apr. 46/3 (advt.) Although rare, complications such as injury to the blood vessels of the pelvic sidewall and abdominal wall can occur. 2. Sport (esp. Real Tennis and Squash). A wall forming one side of a court. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > squash rackets > [noun] > court > specific part sidewall1657 nicka1672 reverse angle1922 tin1933 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 102 A tennis ball, strook against the side walls of the Court, glauncing, hits with lesse force, then when it feels the full resistance of the end wall. 1837 D. Walker Games & Sports 272 A player, to give the side-wall service with the best effect, should stand a little on the right hand of the division line of the court, and advanced nearly up to the blue-line. 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis v. 178 In order to return the ball at all, he is obliged to strike it before it reaches that point between him and the side-wall, the only one at which he can strike so as to cut it purely. 1902 E. Miles Racquets, Tennis, & Squash 231 The Boasted Volley, the Volley hit direct onto the Side-wall. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 582/2 If..the server [in squash] makes his ball hit the side wall or roof or floor before it hits the front wall,..he loses his innings. 1963 Times 4 Feb. 4/3 This service was nothing more than an astutely placed lob, but which, when hit with reverse spin, clung to the sidewall. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 823/1 The side walls [in real tennis] are in play up to a height of about 18 ft. (5·5 m.), where the windows begin. 2008 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 18 Oct. (Sport section) 5 I was trying to keep the ball tight on the sidewalls. 3. a. The side of a vehicle's tyre, typically untreaded and often marked or coloured distinctively; (more fully sidewall tyre) a tyre with distinctive sidewalls. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres > attributes of tyres steel-studdeda1400 white-walled1720 punctured1896 sidewall1901 beaded-edge1902 treaded1906 low-profile1922 whitewall1930 run-flat1941 whitewall1957 bald1958 bias-ply1964 cross-ply1965 studded1966 treadless1968 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > parts of tread1735 cover1898 sidewall1901 tyre-cover1903 tire-cover1905 cuirass band1906 cuirass1907 power bar1948 belt1964 undertread1968 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > types of sidewall1901 non-skid1905 retread1909 remould1928 recap1929 knobbly1938 knobby1943 whitewall1950 slick1959 bias-ply1964 radial1964 cross-ply1965 snow1968 Pennsylvania cap1971 wet1977 1901 Canad. Patent Office Rec. June 977/1 A solid rubber tire so secured to said rim as to leave the sidewalls of the tires free from contact with the rim. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 729/2 The outside of the [tyre's] carcass is entirely covered with rubber; the sides with a ‘sidewall’ layer. 1937 Life 22 Mar. 6 (advt.) Car shown has white sidewall tires at slight extra cost. 1956 Frederick (Maryland) Post 7 Dec. 7/1 (advt.) Columbia ‘Fire Arrow’ sports bike... Lightweight frame, easy-roll white side-wall tires, multi-speed power coaster brake, [etc.]. 1976 J. Lee Ninth Man 70 The car... White sidewalls. Radio and heater. 1990 Which? Apr. 194 Radials, which have the word ‘radial’ on the sidewall, are much more common nowadays than crossplys. 2005 Earthmovers May 78/1 Uncured rubber is then applied to the tread and sidewalls, following which the tyre is cured in a mould. b. In a hovercraft or similar vehicle: a rigid vertical surface that projects underneath at either side and helps to contain the air cushion; cf. skirt n. 4g. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > specific equipment on hovercraft landing pad1958 sidewall1960 ram-wing1962 skirt1962 puff port1967 1960 Aeroplane 99 149/1 This is a type of Hovercraft with side walls which are partially immersed in water. 1968 Economist 18 May 76/3 The car ferry versions of the sidewall hovercraft now being planned..should provide direct competition with the biggest hydrofoil..now building. 1975 Nature 6 Feb. 391/1 The development of a 200-passenger sidewall hover-ferry. 2000 R. V. Dukkipati Vehicle Dynamics vi. 441 It is highly desirable to have small hydrofoil surfaces on sidewall craft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1381 |
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