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单词 stillage
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Definition of stillage in English:

stillage

noun ˈstɪlɪdʒˈstilij
  • A wooden rack or pallet for holding stored goods off the floor or separating goods in transit.

    (放置物品使之不接触地面或运输时用以分隔物品的)木台,木架

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The jobs in hand are to strim the fieldside banking, repair the timber stillages and repair the hole in the bankside path caused by vandalism, and level other bankside paths on the fieldside.
    • The club have a working party on Parkers to restore the timber stillages on Saturday, March 20.
    • The stillages were not secured to each other or to the truck, and toppled onto the worker, causing two fractures to one of his ribs.
    • He must have a cellar, racks for the beer [called stillage], and the manpower and commitment to properly set up the beer every night.

Origin

Late 16th century (originally denoting a stand for casks): apparently from Dutch stellagie 'scaffold', from stellen 'to place'.

Rhymes

grillage, pillage, spillage, tillage, village

Definition of stillage in US English:

stillage

nounˈstilij
  • A wooden rack or pallet for holding stored goods off the floor or separating goods in transit.

    (放置物品使之不接触地面或运输时用以分隔物品的)木台,木架

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He must have a cellar, racks for the beer [called stillage], and the manpower and commitment to properly set up the beer every night.
    • The stillages were not secured to each other or to the truck, and toppled onto the worker, causing two fractures to one of his ribs.
    • The club have a working party on Parkers to restore the timber stillages on Saturday, March 20.
    • The jobs in hand are to strim the fieldside banking, repair the timber stillages and repair the hole in the bankside path caused by vandalism, and level other bankside paths on the fieldside.

Origin

Late 16th century (originally denoting a stand for casks): apparently from Dutch stellagie ‘scaffold’, from stellen ‘to place’.

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