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noun ˈbəːt(ə)nˈbərtn in phrase go for a burtonBritish informal Meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed. his boat would cut mine in two and I'd go for a burton Example sentencesExamples - My CD player has gone for a burton; I don't know what on earth is wrong with it.
- Someone would say ‘Bill Smith went for a burton last night’.
- And there's where rule Number Three went for a burton.
- Cardiff's unbeaten start was not the only record to go for a burton.
- This weekend's long run has gone for a burton courtesy of a trip to the Azores tomorrow.
Origin Second World War (originally RAF slang): perhaps referring to Burton ale, from Burton upon Trent. burton2(also burton-tackle) noun ˈbəːt(ə)nˈbərtn historical A light two-block tackle for hoisting. Example sentencesExamples - From each steel cap at the apex two steel cables led to the enormous 16-sheave burton tackle whose pendant was geared at 8000-to-1 ratio to a 5-horsepower electric motor winch.
- Gilliatt had barely time to seize the burton tackle.
- The shrouds and back-stays are first cast off, and the mast-head got as far forward as nearly to touch the fore-part of the partners, by the runners and tackles or burtons of the mizenmast.
- ‘A burton-tackle to the chess tree,’ he called, loud and clear.
Origin Early 18th century: alteration of Middle English Breton tackle, a nautical term in the same (see Breton). nounˈbərtnˈbərtn in phrase go for a burtonBritish informal Meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed. his boat would cut mine in two and I'd go for a burton Example sentencesExamples - Someone would say ‘Bill Smith went for a burton last night’.
- And there's where rule Number Three went for a burton.
- This weekend's long run has gone for a burton courtesy of a trip to the Azores tomorrow.
- Cardiff's unbeaten start was not the only record to go for a burton.
- My CD player has gone for a burton; I don't know what on earth is wrong with it.
Origin Second World War (originally RAF slang): perhaps referring to Burton ale, from Burton upon Trent. burton2(also burton-tackle) nounˈbərtnˈbərtn historical A light two-block tackle for hoisting. Example sentencesExamples - From each steel cap at the apex two steel cables led to the enormous 16-sheave burton tackle whose pendant was geared at 8000-to-1 ratio to a 5-horsepower electric motor winch.
- ‘A burton-tackle to the chess tree,’ he called, loud and clear.
- Gilliatt had barely time to seize the burton tackle.
- The shrouds and back-stays are first cast off, and the mast-head got as far forward as nearly to touch the fore-part of the partners, by the runners and tackles or burtons of the mizenmast.
Origin Early 18th century: alteration of Middle English Breton tackle, a nautical term in the same (see Breton). |