dogbolt

直角固定螺栓, 止动螺栓

词形变化

dogbolts 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fool; a contemptible person.

    贬义 废旧

    1621, Thomas Middleton, Honourable Entertainments, 2007, Gary Taylor, John Lavagnino, Collected Works, page 1440, Dull dogbolt!

    1655, James Shirley, The Gentleman of Venice Act 3, Scene 1, 1833, William Gifford, Alexander Dyce (editors), The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley, Volume 5, page 35, They are dogbolts!

  2. 1.

    The bolt of the capsquare over the trunnion of a cannon.

词源

Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *dolgbote, from Old English dolgbōt (“remedy or compensation for injury”), from dolg (“injury, wound”) + bōt (“remedy, boot”).

来源:wiktionary