| 单词 | breaking-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreaking-in 8. To bring (virgin land) into cultivation. Also breaking-in. Australian and New Zealand (originally dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict. and Sc. National Dict.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] amendment1483 improvement1549 improvinga1563 recoverya1632 mendment1644 cultivation1791 reclaim1799 reclamation1810 intaking1812 redemption1812 clearing1821 reclaimment1852 land reclamation1881 breaking-in1891 greening1955 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] ina1387 reclaim1440 improve1523 win1531 mitigate1601 reform1607 stuba1650 regain1652 redeem1671 reduce1726 to bring to1814 to bring in1860 to break in1891 green1967 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. i. 24 The single-furrow plough is employed to break in the land. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. vi. 109 Such results are only expected for a few years after breaking in until the wood ashes left after burning the bush are exhausted. 1939 E. E. Vaile Pioneering Pumice v. 99 I was breaking in some country about two and a half miles from the homestead. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 141/1 In many parts of the North Island, farm country still offers a stubborn resistance to breaking-in. breaking-in d. In woollen manufacture, the operation by which short combed slivers are combined and made into continuous lengths. Also breaking-in. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [noun] > elementary teaching or initiation introductionc1430 induction1526 entrance1571 initiation1583 manumission1596 groundinga1656 initiating1750 breaking-in1843 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > other processes forcing1819 breaking-in1843 blending1884 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 554/1 The breaking being thus effected, the sliver of wool proceeds to a large bobbin or cylinder. 1915 R. Beaumont Woollen & Worsted 631 The piece, having been scoured, milled, dried, and tentered, is evenly damped, raised, or raised across before being passed onto the teazle machine. This is called ‘breaking-in’. < as lemmas |
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