Hoops
[hu:ps]
Examples
- The different parts of these are called the tube, jacket, hoops, locking rings, trunnion rings, wire winding, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Over the jacket lie the hoops, six or seven of these being used in a big gun. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is useful for the making of chains, tools, carriage axles, joining shafting, wires, and pipes, mending bands, tires, hoops, and lengthening and shortening bolts, bars, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The parts of such a gun are known as the liner, the tube, the jacket and the hoops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The liner and tube are then placed upright in an assembling pit, the jacket and hoops shrunk on, and the finishing work done, as above said, the breech mechanism being finally fitted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He sat on a bench, with his hoops and ruffles and high powdered head, his point laced lappets, &c. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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