单词 | brick trimmer |
释义 | † brick trimmern. Architecture. Obsolete. rare. An arched course of bricks built into a wooden floor below a fireplace to provide fire-resistant support for the hearth; cf. trimmer n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > joist > support for raisingeOE raising-piece1286 summer1324 reasonc1330 rib-reasonc1350 wall-plate1394 wall-plat1420 summer-piecec1429 summer-tree1452 resourc1493 summer beam1519 wall-rase1523 girt1579 bridle1587 girder1611 out-footing1611 sommier1623 raising plate1637 trimmer1654 main beama1657 corbel1679 dwarf1718 brick trimmer1774 summer stonea1782 tail-trimmer1823 wood brick1842 1774 Act 14 George III c. 78 §45 in Statutes at Large XXX. ii. 513 (margin) Hearth must be laid on brick or stone, or on the ground. Slabs before the hearths, and brick trimmers under them. 1835 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage, Farm, & Villa Archit. & Furnit. (new ed.) 426 A strong iron chimney bar..to be put to each of the fireplaces, and 4-inch brick trimmers to be turned where required. 1851 Freeholder 2 June 88/1 Turn brick trimmers for hearths; put down 4in. glazed stone-ware pipes with proper junctions to convey rain water. 1905 Country Life 23 Sept. 398/2 The hearthstone rests on a low, flattened arch, called a brick ‘trimmer’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1774 |
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