单词 | spreader stick |
释义 | > as lemmasspreader stick spreader stick n. a stick that serves as a spreader (in sense 5). ΚΠ 1871 in M. Schele De Vere Americanisms 351 The captain..was attacked with a spreaderstick (a piece of wood used as a swingle-tree on the tow-track). 1917 W. H. Miller Boys' Bk. Canoeing & Sailing ii. iv. 180 Lead out guy-ropes for bridles of the fore and aft spreadersticks of the tent and guy to pegs in the sand. 2015 P. M. Vossen & D. Silva in D. R. Pittenger Calif. Master Gardener Handbk. (ed. 2) xvi. 505 Gardeners use small weights, clothespins, props, spreader sticks, electrical tape, and string to bind vertical branches to their desired angle. < as lemmas |
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