| 单词 | stave-cutting | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasstave-cutting  a.   In various types of compound; esp. with participles, agent nouns, and verbal nouns, forming compounds in which stave expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in  stave-cutting,  stave-making (adjectives and nouns);  stave maker,  stave manufacturer, etc. Π 1775    B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 182  				Hogshead staves of white oak are made by what are called gangs of people; a stave making gang consists of five persons. 1840    Mechanics' Mag. 33 497  				Taylor's Improved Stave-cutting Machine. 1845    P. Barlow Manuf. in  Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 103/2  				Draw the line AB, joining the centres of the stave teeth. 1861    W. H. Russell in  Times 12 July  				A few of the Creole population..engaged as hoopers and stave-makers. 1874    Spons' Dict. Engin. VIII. 2917  				Stave-making and Cask Machinery. 1901    J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 34  				The sides..in which the points for centre of stave-holes [of a ladder] are shown. 1950    Wood Working Digest May 120/1  				An opportunity for..the cooperage men or the stave manufacturer. 2005    Herald Sun 		(Melbourne)	 		(Nexis)	 15 July (Travel section) 55  				Stave production for beer barrels continued until the 1960s. < as lemmas | 
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