"erecting shop" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: erecting shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} erecting shop (plural erecting shops)
  1. (dated) A place where large machines are put together and adjusted. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-erecting_shop-en-noun-6qpCKOAY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Erecting-shop work was always hard and slogging, so that at the end of a 9¾ hour day there were not many who felt inclined for much more physical activity.",
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          "ref": "1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 159, 162:",
          "text": "The erecting shop has pit accommodation for 39 locomotives, [...]\n [p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and function of shops [...] Erecting Shop: Stripping and erection of locomotives and frame repairs.",
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