“whipsy、derry”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

whipsy-derry

释义

whipsy-derry
Also whipsider(r)y, whipsey-derry.
[app. connected with whip n. 15 and derrick n.]
A contrivance for hoisting (esp. ore in shallow mines), consisting of a derrick with a ‘whip’ or simple pulley attached, and worked by a horse or horses. Also simply whipsy and whip and derry (whip n. 15).
1865J. T. Tregellas Tales 146 (E.D.D.) ‘What is a whipsiderry, sir?’ said I. ‘A whipsiderry,’ said he, ‘es a thing for rising traade, 'tes a sort of whem.’1866Thornbury Greatheart xxxiv, Two waggons, laden with..whipsidery pulleys, disjointed fragments of steam-engines, and miners' gads and crowbars.1866R. P. Whitworth Bailliere's S. Austral. Gazetteer 116 There are..2 double whipseys, and several single whipseys.1875J. H. Collins Metal Mining 76 With the ‘derrick’ or ‘whipsey-derry’ the cost will be a little more than with the horse-whim.

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