单词 | breakwind |
释义 | > as lemmasbreakwind breakwind n. Brit. /ˈbreɪkwɪnd/ , U.S. /ˈbreɪkˌwɪnd/ (a) dialect a disease of sheep; (b) a screen or protection against the wind; cf. wind-break n. 1.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms screen1538 tent1572 shelter1585 sconce1591 shade1624 bothy1750 breakwind1823 watershed1831 1823 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 110 It never saw either braxy or breakwind. 1833 in W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. (1966) 95 Breakwind. 1862 J. S. Dobie Jrnl. 26 Sept. in S. Afr. Jrnl. (1945) 32 A tarpaulin hung on weather side for a breakwind. 1863 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 282/2 What the Australians call a ‘breakwind’, i.e., a pent roof, looking like the falling flap of a large bird-trap. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 317/2 The Norway maple..is a hardy tree, used as a breakwind in exposed situations on the east coast. 1890 Athenæum 18 Oct. 516/1 [Tasmanians] were frequently content with a mere break-wind in lieu of any covered structure. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 135 Two sheets of bark had been raised as a break-wind. 1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. vii. 54 The only form of shelter I needed was a small breakwind. < as lemmas |
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