runround

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. A felon or whitlow. US,dated,informal
    — This time it was my "runround;" and before she took off her bonnet, she had brought me a cup of ashes and water, and put my finger in soak.
  2. A route that loops around local rail yards for the transfer of goods (and sometimes used to turn cars around).
    — So far I had shared driving on station-pilots, runround trips, empty coaches and suburban passenger jobs.
  3. A track arrangement (usually a loop) that allows mine cars to be redirected without reversing.
    — As the pithead (Fig. 15) had not been designed for large wide gauge cars it was necessary to replace the usual runround with a traverser.
  4. A circular area or platform on a ship.
    — From the runround to the ground there are 11 gerts. From the runround to the crow's nest there are 6 gerts.
  5. A woman's shoe with a rounded toe, flexible sole, and turned upper popular in the 19th century for dancing.
    — The gentlemen always wore "pumps" as they were called, that is, very light turned slippers without innersole or heel, the soles of the best specimens, being well pounded to make them soft and pliable; while the ladies wore a light shoe called a "runround," or "springheel," usually held snug in place by long ribbons passing herring-bone-like around the ankles.
  6. A quick tour of inspection.
    — These walls, so far as we could judge from a hasty runround, were well furnished with wall-trees, with an abundant crop, well set, and swelling off.
  7. Alternative form of runaround (any sense). alt-of,alternative
    — These, and the frequent "runrounds" which come into the river again, would embarrass an inexperienced voyager not a little.

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runrounds plural
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