| 释义 |
† ˈpost-bark Obs.
[f. post n.2 + bark n.2]
= packet-boat.
1599[see packet n. 1]. 1600Mountjoy in Cal. Doc. rel. Irel. 423 We find great lack of a post-bark to pass to and fro between Lough Foyle and Dublin..we have adventured to erect a passage boat for that purpose, at the rate of 10l. per mensem, as the other post-barks have. 1650Cal. State Papers, Dom. (1876) 26 The whole business of the post barks referred back to the Irish Committee. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 161 Sending away neverthelesse a Post-barque to Athens, to let them know what had befallen him. |