单词 | therming |
释义 | > as lemmasˈtherming ˈtherming n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wood-turning turningc1440 turnery1783 turnery work1859 therming1907 1907 G. O. Wheeler Old Eng. Furnit. 461 Therming, a process of conferring a delicate taper, especially applied to the feet of chairs, sideboards, and tables of the Sheraton order. 1925 J. Penderel-Brodhurst & E. J. Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. 173 Therming, a process in use towards the end of the eighteenth century, before circular and band saws were invented, by which the legs of chairs and tables were thermed or tapered, by means of a lathe provided with a cylinder about six feet in diameter, on which the legs were placed and turned down one side at a time. < as lemmas |
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