| 单词 | sustaining wall |
| 释义 | > as lemmassustaining wall b. Architecture and Civil Engineering. That supports or holds up a building, earthwork, etc. Frequently in sustaining wall. Cf. supporting adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supporting bearingOE portativea1500 supporting1591 shoring1622 stutted1638 supportive1665 firmamental1696 sustinent1704 support1778 sustaining1814 self-supporting1832 1814 E. W. Brayley London & Middlesex II. 267 The Dome itself is completely sound..a circumstance that must be regarded as demonstrative of the admirable manner in which it is constructed, particularly when considered in reference to the very considerable settlement that took place among the sustaining piers. 1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 95/1 The meaning of the technical terms of ‘retaining’ and ‘sustaining’ walls was—when a wall was used either to support water or earth artificially put together. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 281 A narrow vault..which is not necessarily of the same curvature as the sustaining arches. 1910 Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers 70 402 The void in the ‘centering’ is filled from the material in the sustaining arch. 1983 F. Sears Rom. Archit. vi. 115 Running parallel with and outside this sustaining wall was the exterior wall of the building. 2009 M. Chacon Archit. Stone 211 Riprap..stones thrown together without order to form a foundation or sustaining wall. < as lemmas |
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