“millegrain”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

millegrain

释义

millegrain|ˈmɪlɪgreɪn|
Also milligrain.
[f. L., mille thousand + grain n.¹ 12.]
(See quot. 1951.) Also attrib.
1948W. A. Jackson Jewellery Repairing iv. 49 If the setting be a millegraine one and the tiny beaded edge be worn down..a new edge can sometimes be brought up by the burnisher.1951M. Flower Victorian Jewellery 253 Millegrain, a kind of setting in which the metal gripping to stone is decorated with a line of tiny grains or beads.1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 183 Millegrain setting, a means of setting a gemstone whereby the stone is held in a mount ornamented with a band of very small beads of metal.1970E. Bruton Diamonds xx. 349 In the nineteenth century many small diamonds were set in a form known as milligrain, in which the metal used to hold the diamonds was crenelated by drawing a hardened steel ring round the metal.

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