hoop house n.— «Temporary “hoop house,” gambrel or typical pitched roofed buildings constructed of metal or plastic and supported by metal or plastic tube frames have been appearing around the city of Brainerd, Caughey said...
headache bar n. a tube or beam suspended horizontally so as to block or bang against vehicles that are too tall for passage; a vehicle’s roll bar or headache rack; any horizontal tube or beam with which a person could collide. Editorial Note: The...
Big Mother n.— «In their collective stead, we got the Live Aid concerts, an always exciting and sometimes worrying spectacle that shrunk the globe to an altruistic village ruled by a benign Big Mother.» —“North of the border, the...
dirtboard n.— «Up front is the Shockboard ($19) which utilizes an expanding wedge that fits into the bottom of the steerer tube. Once the wedge is secured, simply slide the fender, or dirtboard, as they’re called over there, into the slot...
kite tube n.— «They were riding what’s called a kite tube—it’s an inflatable tube that’s pulled behind a boat and eventually becomes airborne.» —“Kite Tubing Dangers” WTVM-TV June 15, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...
heroic dose n.— «An ounce in twenty-four hours, and a drachm at a dose, are heroic prescriptions, and not to be generally imitated.…In cases wherein the physician might be tempted to overstep nature with these heroic doses of...