单词 | tiling |
释义 | tilingn. 1. a. The action of tile v.; the covering (of a roof, etc.) with or as with tiles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > tiling, slating, or shingling tilingc1440 slatting1532 slating1572 plain tiling1703 shingling1703 pantilingc1738 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 494/1 Tylynge, of howsys, tegulacio. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Albañería Tiling, Tilers art, Masons craft. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 209 Free-stone for building, Slate for tyling. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 57/1 Another..convenient way of Tiling. b. Freemasonry. (Usually tyling.) The proper guarding of a lodge. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > the Freemasons > guarding of lodge tiling1888 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Oct. 7/2 Brother W—— E——, Acting Past Master..deliberately broke the tyling of the lodge, and placed the tyler inside along with the ladies. 2. a. concrete. Work consisting of tiles; the tiles forming the covering of a roof, floor, etc., collectively. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > cladding with tiles or slates > work consisting of tiling1526 imbrication1656 tile-hanging1932 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke v. f. lxxxjv They went vp..and lett hym doune thorowe the tylynge. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 61 Churches..their outside tyling, pargetted with azure stones. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 135 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. The Head of the Whale..goeth down sloaping like unto the tyling of an House. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Building Tiling is measured by ten Foot Square... Three Bushels of Lime will do a Square of Tiling. 1883 I. L. Bird Sketches Malay Penins. ii, in Leisure Hour 21/2 Dutch tiling and Dutch..conceits of all kinds abound. b. = tile-draining n. at tile n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage gutteringc1420 strand1565 sewaging1610 thorough-draining1669 cuniculus1670 French drain1738 riggot?1746 bush-draining1748 surface drain1765 land-drain1767 pipe-draining1776 surface draining1777 fox1784 surface drainage1796 mole drain1804 soughing1808 acequia1811 well-draining1818 tile-draining1830 wedge-draining?1830 plug-draining1833 land-drainage1841 land-draining1841 mole-draining1842 trough gutter1856 mole-ditching1860 mole drainage1860 tile-drainagea1865 well point1867 karez1875 storm sewer1887 moling1943 tiling1943 storm drain1960 1943 J. W. Day Farming Adventure xii. 138 The land was drained by tiling and moling, given three ploughings, and by the end of July sown with wheat. 1960 Times 5 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. v/3 More tiling has been undertaken. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 12 A Tyling Trowel, to take up the Morter and lay it on the Tiles. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 80 Tiling lath, 2 s. 10 d. per bunch. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 7/3 Two shillingsworth of cement and sand would be..required for a yard of tiling-work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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