单词 | window plate |
释义 | > as lemmaswindow plate 12. Architecture. A horizontal beam of timber at the top or bottom of a frame, usually supporting other portions of a structure. Now usually with modifying word, as roof plate, wall plate, window plate, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > horizontal or transverse support > in a framework platea1395 rail1678 headrail1857 a1395 in Archaeologia (1832) 24 307 (MED) In stipendio ij sarratorum sarrantium meremium pro walplates et bemes, et plaunchborde et plegges. 1428 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 174 (MED) In the said ȝer..was performed þe Wallez of our hale on bothe þe sydys upe tule þe plate of the roffe. 1449 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. liv (MED) The platez of þe same hous shullen be in brede x inchis and in thiknes viij inches. 1640 New Haven Colonial Rec. (1857) I. 37 As for sills, beames, plates or such like timber. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 72 Rafters ten and seven inches,..Plates the same. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 170 Plate, a piece of Timber upon which some considerable weight is framed... Hence Ground-Plate,..Window-plate, &c. 1792 Hubard Papers in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 281 There was recorded a ‘Bill of scantling for the House 18 feet by 22 feet, 2 stories high... 2 End plates 18 ft 8 in by 13 in... 2 Middle plates 22 ft 11 in by 13 in.’ 1845 G. Flagg Let. 10 Jan. in Flagg Corr. (1986) 59 We have upwards of six thousand Rails hauled in all and have finished hauling and hewing timber for Plates and Posts to our barn. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 68 The plate is regarded as the weakest part of a greenhouse, as it is so situated as to be almost constantly moist or alternately wet and dry. Never should a plate be left with its upper surface flat. 1951 H. Braun Introd. Eng. Mediaeval Archit. iv. 80 The feet of the rafters rest upon a horizontal timber known as a ‘plate’. 1991 Do it Yourself Fall 24/1 Upright members called studs butt against top and bottom horizontal members called plates. < as lemmas |
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