| 单词 | straw rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraw rope straw rope n. a rope made of twisted straw, used e.g. to secure thatching; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > thatching equipment > rope for fastening down thatch simmon1616 straw rope1763 thack-rape1876 1763 ‘T. Insulanus’ Treat. Second Sight 9 As he was going out of his house on a morning, he put on straw-rope garters instead of those he formerly used. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. iii. 413 See Pichegru's soldiers, this hard winter,..in their ‘straw-rope shoes and cloaks of bass-mat’. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 11 Assorted straw..is put..thick above the turnips for thatch, and kept down by means of straw-ropes. < as lemmas |
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