weighbridgen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪbrɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌbrɪdʒ/

Etymology: Compare German brückenwage.

A platform scale, flush with the road, for weighing vehicles, cattle, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > for weighing heavy bodies > weigh-bridge

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1796 R. Salmon in Repertory of Arts VI. 74 Weigh~bridges or engines, with their apparatus, for the purpose of weighing carriages.

1825 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 10 253 Certain improvements on Weighing Machines which Machines he [the patentee] denominates German Weigh Bridges.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1194 The cart-steelyard or weigh-bridge.

1849 F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers (1851) viii. 75 [The] trucks..are immediately drawn by horses first over a weighbridge.

1886 Daily News 26 July 2/2 The heaviest lamb turned 169lb. on the weighbridge.

figurative.a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 21 The positions of science must be tried..on the weigh-bridge of common opinion and vulgar usage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weighbridge
释义	weighbridgen. Brit. /ˈweɪbrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌbrɪdʒ/ Etymology: Compare German brückenwage. A platform scale, flush with the road, for weighing vehicles, cattle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > for weighing heavy bodies > weigh-bridge weighc825 weighbridge1796 1796 R. Salmon in Repertory of Arts VI. 74 Weigh~bridges or engines, with their apparatus, for the purpose of weighing carriages. 1825 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 10 253 Certain improvements on Weighing Machines which Machines he [the patentee] denominates German Weigh Bridges. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1194 The cart-steelyard or weigh-bridge. 1849 F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers (1851) viii. 75 [The] trucks..are immediately drawn by horses first over a weighbridge. 1886 Daily News 26 July 2/2 The heaviest lamb turned 169lb. on the weighbridge. figurative.a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 21 The positions of science must be tried..on the weigh-bridge of common opinion and vulgar usage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1796
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