| 单词 | to lay in broad-band |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay in (a) broad-band The state of a sheaf of corn that has been laid out on the band (band n.1 2a) but left untied in order for it to dry out fully. Frequently in to lay in (a) broad-band: to dry (a sheaf of corn) in this way; (figurative) to reveal, explain, lay open (a matter, question, etc.). Π 1628 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule 643 The verie euill thoughts of the wicked in that day shalbe spread out and laide in broad-band before the face of God. 1691 Hutcheson's 45 Serm. on CXXX Psalm ii. 16 That I may so far as is necessary lay the Point in broad-band before you. 1785 D. Young National Improvem. upon Agric. xv. 228 The greatest damage that the grain receives, is, when persons attempt to spread the sheaves in a broad-band, in a good day before the weather is settled, and a long rain ensues. 1807 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 372 As it was dry above head, Mr. Jamieson..ordered us..to leave the sheaves unbound, or in the state technically called broad-band. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick 10 Takin doun the stooks atween the shoo'rs, an' layin them in braid-band, an' syne bindin them up. 1915 J. Wrightson & J. C. Newsham Agric., Theoret. & Pract. vii. 110 A standing corn crop will dry in half an hour, but a wet sheaf will never dry, unless it is opened and laid in broad-band. < as lemmas |
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