| 单词 | tirling-pin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtirling-pin ˈtirling-pin n. the ‘pin’ or latch on which persons ‘tirled’ for admittance: see above, sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > pin for gaining admittance tirling-pin1875 1875 J. Grant One of Six Hundred i The old Scotch tirling-pin—to be found now nowhere save in Fife—in lieu of bells and knockers. 1878 Notes & Queries 5th Ser. IX. 319 I have seen and tirled at an original tirling-pin on the chief entrance door of the vicarage house at Ovingham-on-Tyne. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Tirl Doors were formerly provided with a long, notched, iron handle on which a loose iron ring was hung. Instead of rousing the house with a knock, the caller tirled the ring up and down the notches of the ‘tirling pin’, or handle. [But this was the risp and ring.] < as lemmas |
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