单词 |
beetling |
释义 |
▪ I. beetling, vbl. n.|ˈbiːtlɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] Beating with a beetle; embossing fabrics with a beetling-machine.
1859Edin. Rev. CIX. 302 The care of the crop..the steeping, beetling, and dressing. 1859Smiles Self-Help 33 The beetling and mangling of textile fabrics. ▪ II. ˈbeetling, ppl. a. [f. beetle v.1 + -ing2.] Projecting, overhanging.
1728Thomson Spring, The hawk High in the beetling cliff his aery builds. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 197 From the beetling brow of some precipice. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxvi, His beetling brow almost obscured his eyes. |

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