| 单词 | skirting radiator |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskirting radiator a. Carpentry. The narrow boarding, edging of slate or cement, etc., placed vertically along the base of the wall of a room, or other place in a building, next to the floor. Also collective, material suitable for this. skirting radiator, a radiator running along a wall at the level of the skirting. Cf. skirting board n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for other parts skiftingc1450 guttering1703 lintelling1703 skirting1825 stringing1833 spouting1838 trussing1840 undercloak1896 shuttering1898 screed1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > skirting board skiftingc1450 baseboard1598 skirt-board1690 skirting boarda1756 base1757 skirting1825 washboard1828 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > radiator radiator1838 rad1935 skirting radiator1970 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 603 Skirting, when wide, is also measured by the foot superficial. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 626 It [sc. slate] makes excellent skirtings of all descriptions. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 223 Then take stone, hewn and well jointed, and set it as a skifthing round the whole wall. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 119 The floor..is..finished with a neat skifting board..round the walls of the barn. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators II. 242 The walls were of polished citron-wood, heavily gilded round the skirting and edges. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §886. 414 There is a skirting round the room which must not be cut away. 1970 Home & Garden Mar. 94/4 Skirting radiators have a great deal to recommend them. 1978 Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 16/6 (advt.) Superbly renovated cottage with full central heating, unobtrusive skirting radiators [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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