Fittings
['fɪtɪŋ]
Examples
- In 1883 no such fittings as fixture insulators were known. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Wilfer, modestly dropping his voice on the word, as he eyed the canary-coloured fittings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Die-sinking is the art of preparing dies for stamping coins, buttons, medallions, jewelry, fittings, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lily felt for these objects the same distaste which the prisoner may entertain for the fittings of the court-room. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After which he composes himself for an easy ride and takes note of the fittings of the carriage in case he should ever find such knowledge useful. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was part of the fittings of the professor's own desk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Xenia