单词 | three-inch-wide |
释义 | > as lemmasthree-inch-wide Measuring three inches in length, thickness, etc. (in first quot. humorous). Also in combinations, as three-inch-thick, three-inch-wide. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > relating to inch > that measures three, etc., inches seven-inch1462 four-inched1608 twelve-inch1611 three-incha1616 one-inch1684 four-inch1840 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 23 Away you three inch foole, I am no beast. View more context for this quotation 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 9 All the Orlope to be layd with square three inch plancke. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 112 In Suffolk they are hoed..with three-inch hoes, having handles not above two feet in length. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 927 A three-inch-thick plank. < as lemmas |
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