单词 | bottle kiln |
释义 | > as lemmasbottle kiln bottle kiln n. a type of tall kiln having a round body tapering to a narrow chimney.Found esp. in the Staffordshire potteries in the 19th and early 20th centuries. ΚΠ 1883 Builder 13 Jan. 37/2 The kilns do not burn off so quickly as is the case with the open topped or bottle kiln. 1959 Financial Times 1 Oct. 83 (caption) The old bottle kilns..are gradually being replaced by modern smokeless tunnel ovens. 2010 Canal Boats Apr. 70/1 Apart from two bottle kilns on a derelict site..there is little of note in the passage through Stoke-on-Trent. < as lemmas |
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