fettling
/fet-ling/US // ˈfɛt lɪŋ //UK // (ˈfɛtlɪŋ) //
补缀,补锅,补胎,补修
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Metallurgy.
- : the material with which the hearth of a puddling furnace is lined, usually a dolomite or refractory mixture.
Examples
He is getting his saddle altered: fettling about this and that; does not consider what danger he is in.
What did the unrevealed God matter, when a man had a young family that needed fettling for?
I have heard the people here talk of "fettling" the hearth when they mean "clean up."
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