A wall of a house; a partition.
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释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > interior or partition-wall (22) woughc888 A wall of a house; a partition. wallOE A wall considered with regard to its surface. The interior wall of an apartment. middle wallc1384 a partition wall, a dividing wall; frequently figurative (usually with allusion to quot. 1611), esp. in middle wall of partition. parclose1387 A partition, screen, or railing, serving to enclose or shut off a space in a building; esp. a screen or railing in a church enclosing an altar, a… partitionc1450 A thing which separates one part of a space from another. A light interior wall, screen, or window. Formerly also: †a wall or ditch marking a… screena1475 Architecture. Originally: a partition of wood or stone with one or more doors that divides a room into two parts. Later also more generally: a fixed… hallan1490 A partition wall in a cottage; particularly, that between the door and the fireplace, which shelters the room from the draught of the door; also… parpen wall1506 A wall built of parpen stones; (hence) a wall one brick thick; any thin wall, esp. an internal wall or partition. Also (Scottish): a parapet wall… parpal walla1525 Scottish. In full parpal wall. A partition wall, a partition. Cf. parpen, n. 2. Now rare. midwall1589 An interior or dividing wall or partition. partition wall1605 A wall forming a partition; esp. a light internal wall separating one room or portion of a building from another. Also figurative. Cf. partition, n.… inwall?1611 An inner or inside wall. parpalling1621 = sense 2. screen work1648 Now usually in form screenwork. Screens that partition or enclose an area or space, considered collectively. Also figurative. Cf. screening, n. 4b. sconce1695 dialect. A screen, partition. stud partition1775 a partition wall constructed with studs (sense 1a). screening1850 Screens that partition or enclose an area or space, considered collectively; material for such screens. Cf. screen work, n. 1. scrap screen1873 a screen or divider (as in a nursery) decorated with scraps (sense 2c). parclose screen1889 = sense 1a. Subcategories:— collectively (1) — wall built of lath and plaster (2) |
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