单词 | time-board |
释义 | > as lemmastime-board time-board n. †(a) a board dropped from a prominent position as a means of giving a time signal (obsolete); (b) a board used to register time worked by individual workers in a factory, etc.; (c) a board on which times are displayed at a sporting event. ΚΠ 1845 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. No. 7. 373 The Observatory..is very nearly three miles from the roadstead, so that the time-board requires to be made large and conspicuous to be of service. 1858 in Trades' Societies & Strikes (National Assoc. Promotion Social Sci.) (1860) 319 Every one shall apply for and put in his own time-board. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 34 As the men come in past the time-office they take their piece or time~boards from the rack, where each is placed against its proper number. 1895 Times 7 Jan. 3/3 In the case of one large yard the men have come out on strike against the introduction of the ‘timeboard’ system. 1921 Rep. Commissioner of Labor (Rhode Island & Providence) 143 The strikers asked for a $2.50 rate for 100 yards of cloth; that a time board be suspended on the wall, so that the weavers could see it; that they be paid 10 cents an hour when stopped [etc.]. 2003 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 9 Mar. (Sports) 18 When Susan Skros of Haddonfield turned back and looked at the timeboard, she couldn't mask her displeasure. < as lemmas |
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