单词 | butting machine |
释义 | > as lemmasbutting machine butting machine n. now historical a machine for trimming and shaping the ends of timbers. ΚΠ 1836 National Gaz. & Literary Reg. (Philadelphia) 28 Mar. 3/4 Large stock of seasoned lumber...Cedar and white pine, dressed and rough. Horses, carts, gears, gig and harness, butting machine, wheelbarrow, pit saws, &c. 1850 Boston Daily Atlas 26 Jan. Diving Machine Axles, Butting Machine, Belting. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 415/1 Butting-machine, a machine..used for smoothing, cornering, or rounding the ends of joists or small timbers used in the frames of agricultural implements, etc. 1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 140 Timbers..go directly from the live rollers behind the saw to a ‘butting’ machine, then to a surfacing machine if they are dressed, and finally to a timber dock. 1981 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 13 Mar. (Heartland Suppl.) 4/2 Clyde T. Ashby..died Wednesday...He was a retired butting machine operator for Georgia Pacific Co. < as lemmas |
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