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单词 breastboard
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breastboardn.

Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t)bɔːd/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbɔrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., board n.
Etymology: < breast n. + board n.
1. The mouldboard of a plough. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > mouldboard
reesteOE
shield-boardc1325
mouldbred1343
mouldboard1394
fenbrede?1523
breastboard1652
breastplate1652
earthboard1652
furrow-board1652
wrest1652
throwboard1725
ear1759
plat1765
mould-iron1807
turn-furrow1810
mould1859
moulding board1864
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 189 The Shield-board, some call Breast-board, or Earth-board, or Furrow-board.
1797 Communications to Board of Agric. I. 248 The lands are cultivated with a hoe, a spade, or a small plough, the construction of which is very simple, only one horse and without a breast-board.
1809 Pract. Norfolk Farmer (ed. 2) 145 (table) Breast board, hollowed at the bottom to receive the spindle that passes through the wheels.
1984 O. Riedl in O. Riedl & D. Zachar Forest Amelioration iv. 261 In the case of deep-ploughing, the furrow is specially formed by a modification to the breastboard of the last plough coulter.
2. Rope-making. A plank or board, placed at the end of a ropewalk, to which the ends of yarns or strands are attached to be twisted. Cf. tackle-board n. Now historical and rare.
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1796 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) XVI. 485/2 At the upper end of the walk is fixed up the tackle-board... This consists of a strong oaken plank called a breast-board, having three or more holes in it.
1850 Manuf. Ropes & Cordage 23 in Useful Arts & Manufactures Great Brit. 2nd Select. The three strands being all attached to one hook of the breast-board, and lying in the grooves of the top.
1987 D. H. Roberts tr. J. Boudriot Seventy-four Gun Ship III. xiv. 98 Heavers of a size appropriate to the rope being laid are inserted in the breast-board.
3. Mining. Any of a number of boards or planks placed across a mine face to prevent loose material from falling back into the tunnel. Usually in plural.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > prop or support
crown tree1449
punch1462
prop1613
slider1653
sole1653
yoking1653
stow-blade1681
pit-bar1708
fork1747
head tree1747
studdle1758
lock piece1778
pit-prop1794
puncheon1815
stow-fork1824
plank tubbing1839
sprag1841
gib1847
chock1853
Tom1858
bratticing1866
pack1867
breastboard1877
brattice1881
wall-plate1881
strap1883
stretcher1883
1877 C. Le Neve Foster & W. Galloway tr. J. Callon Lect. Mining I. xi. 284 If the face has a tendency to fall, it is supported by breast boards stayed with struts.
1895 App. Jrnls. Senate & Assembly 31st Session Legislature Calif. V. 210 Breast boards and false sets have to be used with breasting gravel, and the lagging has to be kept driven up close.
1921 Salt Lake Tribune 29 Mar. 16/1 Many tons of the heavy ore ran down into the main drift before the caving rock could be caught up with breast boards and stulls.
1977 R. V. Proctor & T. L. White Earth Tunneling with Steel Supports xii. 120/2 This must be done before the top breast board can be removed and the face mined down, one board at a time, very carefully.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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