单词 | undercloak |
释义 | undercloakn. Building. The lower of two layers of building material used to form a watertight covering; spec. (a) the lower of two metal sheets whose edges form a joint on the flat; (b) a layer of material, usually tiles or cement, laid under the outermost layer of tiles at eaves or verges. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for other parts skiftingc1450 guttering1703 lintelling1703 skirting1825 stringing1833 spouting1838 trussing1840 undercloak1896 shuttering1898 screed1937 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > piece of metal in other form blank?1590 knee1825 larget1852 strand1876 core1892 undercloak1896 use1955 1896 J. W. Hart External Plumbing Work xii. 68 Having laid the first bay in its place, the under-cloak of the roll end is the next thing to consider. 1913 J. H. Markham et al. Building Construction II. 136 Verges should have a slate undercloak bedded solidly on the wall. 1934 A. G. Geeson Gen. Building Repairs III. 925 The tile undercloak, or soffit course, is especially valuable where the treatment includes any form of bargeboard. 1962 A. L. Townsend Plumbing xi. 112 Capillarity is likely to occur at a drip joint in sheet lead, which is really a lap between the vertical undercloak and the vertical, close-fitting overcloak. 1989 Building Today 22 June 32/2 Fill the gap between undercloak and slates with mortar of 1:3 cement and sand, coloured to match the slates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmasundercloak ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sottomanto, an vnder-cloake, a Cassocke. < as lemmas |
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