单词 | bracketing |
释义 | bracketingn. 1. The action of furnishing, coupling, uniting, with brackets. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > connection in thought, word, or writing coupling1589 connexure1615 connection1651 bracketing1869 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > shelf > furnish with shelving1632 bracketing1869 1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 556 Byron and Shelley..I protest against the bracketing of the two names. 1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 20 The bracketing, in which no less than eight systems will..be presented to view. 2. Architecture. A wooden framework or skeleton, consisting of wooden ribs nailed to the ceiling, joists, and battening, for the purpose of supporting a cornice, cove, or other moulding. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > vaulting > wooden framework bracketing1823 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 138 Cove-bracketing is the finish of the top of the faces of a room, adjacent to the cornice. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 560 Thus the general form of the bracketing will be obtained. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasˈbracketing ˈbracketing n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > ranging by shot bracketing1914 straddling1919 1914 Times 12 Oct. 7/4 They [sc. the Germans] dispense to a great extent with the method of ranging known by us as ‘bracketing’, especially when acting on the defensive, and direct fire by means of squared maps and telephone. 1919 Athenæum 23 May 360/1 For a well-known method of range-finding the Army has the term ‘bracketing’. < n.1823 as lemmas |
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