“pound、house”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pound-house

释义

pound-house
[f. pound v.¹ + house n.]
A building in which the pounding, pulverizing, or crushing of material is done: as a. part of a glass-works; b. a cider-mill.
1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3821/8 A Round Bottle-Glass-House,..with all Conveniencies, a Pound House and Smith's Forge.1796W. Marshall W. England I. Gloss. 323, etc., Pound⁓house.[Ibid. 228 The apples being thrown into a large trough or tub, five or six persons..pounded them with large club-shaped wooden pestils... Hence, no doubt, the epithet pound is applied to the house, etc., in which the whole business of cider-making is performed.]1899Raymond No Soul i. vi. 122 Jacob Handsford stayed out in the pound⁓house..giving another screw to his apple-cheese.

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