working floorn.

Brit.

/ˌwəːkɪŋ ˈflɔː/, U.S.

/ˌwərkɪŋ ˈflɔr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: working n., floor n.¹

Etymology: < working n. + floor n.¹

a. A floor in a malthouse where the steeped grain is spread out and turned while it begins to sprout. Also called growing floor. Now chiefly historical.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > types of

parlour floor1441

causey1481

pediment1747

working floor1747

parquet1814

parquet floor1819

subfloor1838

straight-joint floor1842

parquet flooring1845

working floor1850

dallage1856

nightingale floor1914

open floor1932

floating floor1934

1747 London Evening Post 29 Dec. 2/1 Cockenny Malting. Lies in the Estate of Winton..with working Floors and Granaries for the Bear and Malt suitable.

1775 T. Campbell Diary 14 Mar. (1947) 51 The immensity of the Brewery astonished me..—I was half suffocated by letting in my nose over the working floor.

1808 J. Reynoldson Pract. & Philos. Princ. making Malt 84 That the malt on the working floor should not be so much exhausted of moisture, as to interrupt the process of germination, will not admit a dispute.

1839 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cotttage Archit. (rev. ed.) 590 Our contributor next describes, in succession, the upper working-floor, the lower working-floor, the kiln, and the furnace.

1949 Jrnl. Inst. Brewing 55 348/2 The fan or blower is usually located on the working floor under the bins of the silo, and can be combined with an air purifier.

1998 C. Clark Brit. Malting Industry since 1830 i. 3 In 1836..the Ipswich Journal offered for sale a recently built malting featuring a 20 quarter steep, a working floor of 150 feet by 20 feet.., and a plate kiln.

2003 W. J. Ashworth Customs & Excise xii. 217 Next came the ‘working floor’, then the ‘younger withering floor’, and finally, the ‘oldest withering floor’, where the malt was at its driest and most fit for use.

b. gen. A floor or other horizontal surface on which work is performed or some technical operation is carried out.

ΘΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > types of

parlour floor1441

causey1481

pediment1747

working floor1747

parquet1814

parquet floor1819

subfloor1838

straight-joint floor1842

parquet flooring1845

working floor1850

dallage1856

nightingale floor1914

open floor1932

floating floor1934

1850 E. Dobson Rudimentary Treat. Manuf. Bricks & Tiles i. i. 28 The kiln is placed in a central situation in a rectangular space, bounded on two or more sides by the hovel, and the working floors are formed round the outside of the latter.

1879 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 425 The steading at Achnanerain has a central threshing-barn, with granary, storehouse, and working-floor over it.

1913 Central Electric Light & Power Stations 1912 (U.S. Bureau of Census) ii. 342/2 Practically the entire equipment is in sight on the working floor of the building.

1978 A. Kent et al. Encycl. Libr. & Information Sci. XXV. 459 The second floor was the working floor of the library.

2012 A. J. Martyr & M. A. Plint Engine Testing (ed. 4) xvii. 470 Some facilities have the chassis dynamometer's working floor above a large cellar with the machine sitting on a massive plinth within that space.

c. Mining. A horizontal surface where mining or excavation is carried out.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine

work1474

firework1606

stemple1653

stool1653

bink1675

engine pit1687

swamp1691

feeder1702

wall1728

bag1742

sill1747

stope1747

rose cistern1778

striking-house1824

plat1828

stemplar1828

screen chamber1829

offtake1835

footwall1837

triple pit1839

stamp1849

paddock1852

working floor1858

pit house1866

ground-sluice1869

screen tower1871

planilla1877

undercurrent1877

mill1878

blanket-sluice1881

stringing-deal1881

wagon-breast1881

brushing-bed1883

poppet-leg1890

slippet1898

stable1906

overcut1940

1858 Mining & Statistic Mag. June 443 This will give two working floors at once, with the third coming into working by the middle of the summer.

1905 E. W. Parker et al. Preliminary Rep. Coal-testing Plant 14 There is a parting..in the sandstone, probably originally a very thin layer of shale, which forms the working floor of the tunnel.

2000 J. Du Brul Medusa Stone 345 Hofmyer shouted from the top of the fifty-foot-deep hole in the mine's working floor.

2. Archaeology. A well-defined layer of materials and artefacts associated with the making of stone or flint implements.

ΚΠ

1909 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries 22 176 In the exposed portion of what remains there were indications that pointed more to a working floor than anything previously noticed.

1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 90 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 An important series of implements and flakes from working-floors in or below brick-earth at Round Green near Luton.

1991 L. H. Kraynak in D. E. Birge et al. Excavations at Nemea ii. 176/2 The layers below the floor, difficult to interpret, yielded no certainly datable material, nor was the working floor identified.

2007 P. Bellwood Prehist. Indo-Malaysian Archipel. (ed. 3) vi. 165 The overlying Neolithic occupation..commenced with a working floor for quadrangular cross-sectioned stone adzes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	working floor
释义	working floorn. Brit. /ˌwəːkɪŋ ˈflɔː/, U.S. /ˌwərkɪŋ ˈflɔr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: working n., floor n.¹ Etymology: < working n. + floor n.¹ 1. a. A floor in a malthouse where the steeped grain is spread out and turned while it begins to sprout. Also called growing floor. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > types of parlour floor1441 causey1481 pediment1747 working floor1747 parquet1814 parquet floor1819 subfloor1838 straight-joint floor1842 parquet flooring1845 working floor1850 dallage1856 nightingale floor1914 open floor1932 floating floor1934 1747 London Evening Post 29 Dec. 2/1 Cockenny Malting. Lies in the Estate of Winton..with working Floors and Granaries for the Bear and Malt suitable. 1775 T. Campbell Diary 14 Mar. (1947) 51 The immensity of the Brewery astonished me..—I was half suffocated by letting in my nose over the working floor. 1808 J. Reynoldson Pract. & Philos. Princ. making Malt 84 That the malt on the working floor should not be so much exhausted of moisture, as to interrupt the process of germination, will not admit a dispute. 1839 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cotttage Archit. (rev. ed.) 590 Our contributor next describes, in succession, the upper working-floor, the lower working-floor, the kiln, and the furnace. 1949 Jrnl. Inst. Brewing 55 348/2 The fan or blower is usually located on the working floor under the bins of the silo, and can be combined with an air purifier. 1998 C. Clark Brit. Malting Industry since 1830 i. 3 In 1836..the Ipswich Journal offered for sale a recently built malting featuring a 20 quarter steep, a working floor of 150 feet by 20 feet.., and a plate kiln. 2003 W. J. Ashworth Customs & Excise xii. 217 Next came the ‘working floor’, then the ‘younger withering floor’, and finally, the ‘oldest withering floor’, where the malt was at its driest and most fit for use. b. gen. A floor or other horizontal surface on which work is performed or some technical operation is carried out. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > types of parlour floor1441 causey1481 pediment1747 working floor1747 parquet1814 parquet floor1819 subfloor1838 straight-joint floor1842 parquet flooring1845 working floor1850 dallage1856 nightingale floor1914 open floor1932 floating floor1934 1850 E. Dobson Rudimentary Treat. Manuf. Bricks & Tiles i. i. 28 The kiln is placed in a central situation in a rectangular space, bounded on two or more sides by the hovel, and the working floors are formed round the outside of the latter. 1879 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 425 The steading at Achnanerain has a central threshing-barn, with granary, storehouse, and working-floor over it. 1913 Central Electric Light & Power Stations 1912 (U.S. Bureau of Census) ii. 342/2 Practically the entire equipment is in sight on the working floor of the building. 1978 A. Kent et al. Encycl. Libr. & Information Sci. XXV. 459 The second floor was the working floor of the library. 2012 A. J. Martyr & M. A. Plint Engine Testing (ed. 4) xvii. 470 Some facilities have the chassis dynamometer's working floor above a large cellar with the machine sitting on a massive plinth within that space. c. Mining. A horizontal surface where mining or excavation is carried out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine work1474 firework1606 stemple1653 stool1653 bink1675 engine pit1687 swamp1691 feeder1702 wall1728 bag1742 sill1747 stope1747 rose cistern1778 striking-house1824 plat1828 stemplar1828 screen chamber1829 offtake1835 footwall1837 triple pit1839 stamp1849 paddock1852 working floor1858 pit house1866 ground-sluice1869 screen tower1871 planilla1877 undercurrent1877 mill1878 blanket-sluice1881 stringing-deal1881 wagon-breast1881 brushing-bed1883 poppet-leg1890 slippet1898 stable1906 overcut1940 1858 Mining & Statistic Mag. June 443 This will give two working floors at once, with the third coming into working by the middle of the summer. 1905 E. W. Parker et al. Preliminary Rep. Coal-testing Plant 14 There is a parting..in the sandstone, probably originally a very thin layer of shale, which forms the working floor of the tunnel. 2000 J. Du Brul Medusa Stone 345 Hofmyer shouted from the top of the fifty-foot-deep hole in the mine's working floor. 2. Archaeology. A well-defined layer of materials and artefacts associated with the making of stone or flint implements. ΚΠ 1909 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries 22 176 In the exposed portion of what remains there were indications that pointed more to a working floor than anything previously noticed. 1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 90 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 An important series of implements and flakes from working-floors in or below brick-earth at Round Green near Luton. 1991 L. H. Kraynak in D. E. Birge et al. Excavations at Nemea ii. 176/2 The layers below the floor, difficult to interpret, yielded no certainly datable material, nor was the working floor identified. 2007 P. Bellwood Prehist. Indo-Malaysian Archipel. (ed. 3) vi. 165 The overlying Neolithic occupation..commenced with a working floor for quadrangular cross-sectioned stone adzes. 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