| 单词 |
feather-edged |
| 释义 |
ˈfeather-ˈedged, a. [f. as prec. + -ed2.] 1. Having one edge thinner than the other, so that the section is wedge-shaped. Also quasi-adv.
1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 131 That thick feather⁓edg'd-board, generally nail'd round the Eaves of a House. 1713J. Warder True Amazons (ed. 2) 115 Two Boards slit feather-edg'd will cover the House. 1785Roy in Phil. Trans. LXXV. 396 Two feather-edged pieces of brass. 1806A. Young Agric. Essex (1813) I. 198 Mr. Rogers' Norfolk ploughs lay their furrows quite flat; but the Essex ones feather-edged. 1812J. Smyth Pract. Customs (1821) 282 The officers are to understand that the term feather⁓edged is applicable to such Slabs only as are rendered feather-edged by the natural convexity of the tree. 1861J. H. Walsh Horse xxxii. 567 The disadvantages..of the feather-edged shoe. 2. Of ribbons, etc.: Having a tufted edge. |

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