Knocking off
Posted by R A Collinge on November 01, 2008 at 19:37
Knocking off; re the first meaning- to stop work.
It has been suggested to me that this derives from the practice of knocking a drive belt from a driving pulley to a free running pulley thus ceasing work It could apply to any belt driven machinery. In this case it was in 19th century wood turning mill. Any comment?
- Knocking off Smokey Stover 02/November/08
- Knocking off Victoria S Dennis 02/November/08