devil's tail

短语

词形变化

devil's tails 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cooper’s knocker-up; a tool used to lift or level a cask head from inside the cask.

    苏格兰

词源

From devil + tail; applied in Scotland to a cooper’s “knocking-up” tool (cask-head lifter).

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