| 释义 |
lestercock dial.|ˈlɛstəkɒk|
[f. OCornish lester a ship, Breton lestr, Irish leastar small boat + cock n.3]
(See quots.)
1602Carew Cornwall 34 Upon the North coast where want of good harbours denieth safe roade to the fisher boats, they have a device of two sticks filled with corks and crossed flatlong, out of whose midst there riseth a thred, and at the same hangeth a saile; to this engine termed a Lestercock, they tie one end of their Boulter. 1880W. Cornw. Gloss., Lestercock, a toy-boat sent out before the wind by fishermen in rough weather with a string of hooks. |