🎀 🎀 Bushing( = "box" or "container", "lining")

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Why Is It Called a Bushing?

lining

material that covers the inner surface of something

see also SILVER LINING


1. a layer of different material covering the inside surface of something

self-clean oven linings

2. an additional layer of different material attached to the inside of a garment or curtain to make it warmer or hang better

leather gloves with fur linings



1.(무엇의 안에 대는) 안감[안지]

a pair of leather gloves with fur linings
모피를 안감으로 댄 가죽 장갑 한 켤레

2.(인체 부위의) 내벽

the stomach lining
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Why Is It Called a Bushing?

Bushing"Bushing" (referring to a metal sleeve/lining) originated in the 16th century from the Middle Dutch word busse or bus, meaning "box" or "container".

This Dutch term evolved into the English word "bush"—a metal lining for axle holes or gun touch-holes—and the suffix -ing was added by the 19th century.

Key Etymological Points:

Root Origin: Derived from Middle Dutch busse (box).

Development: Cognate with "blunderbuss" and related to the Latin buxida (box).

Initial Meaning: Originally, a "bush" referred specifically to the metal lining of a wheel's axle hole or a gun's touch hole (1560s).

Modern Terminology: "Bushing" (the gerund/noun form) became commonly used in the 1830s to describe this component, particularly in machinery.



Usage in Context:

In technical terms, a bushing is a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear, often acting as a bearing.

It can also refer to an electrical insulator or a threaded pipe adapter.




Origin and history of bushing

bushing(n.)

"metal sleeve fitted into a machine or hole," 1839, from gerundive of bush (n.) "metal lining of the axle hole of a wheel or touch hole of a gun" (1560s), which is from Middle Dutch busse "box" (cognate with the second element in blunderbuss).

Bush-metal "hard brass, gun-metal" is attested from 1847.

also from 1839

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blunderbuss(n.)

"short, large-bore gun or firearm with a funnel-shaped muzzle," 1650s, from Dutch donderbus, from donder "thunder" (Middle Dutch doner, donder, from Proto-Germanic *thunaraz; see thunder (n.)) + bus "gun" (originally "box, tube"); altered by resemblance to blunder. Related: Blunderbussier.