单词 | builder's yard |
释义 | > as lemmasbuilder's yard builder's yard n. British (originally) an enclosed area or site where construction (of ships or other vessels, or of buildings) takes place; (later usually) a place where building materials and supplies are stored and sold. Π 1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce Pref. p. v The Timber, the Plank, the Iron-Work, the Masts..center in the Builder's Yard; there the Frame of a Vessel is set on the Stocks. 1732 Daily Post Boy 15 Aug. A Labourer, chipping an old Plank with an Ax, in a Builder's Yard..cut himself..desperately cross one of his Ancles. 1830 H. Thomas Anc. Remains City of London in Wards of London II. 32 By a singular coincidence, both these buildings, undergoing repair at the same time, these two weathercocks were actually lying in the same builder's yard. 1969 Mariner's Mirror 55 10 The vast majority of vessels carried this identification indelibly from the builder's yard to the grave. 1992 D. Robins Tarnished Vision iii. 14 Pockets of owner-occupied Edwardian terraced and 1930s semi-detached housing coexist in close proximity to heavy goods vehicle parks, builders' yards, and storage depots. < as lemmas |
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