| 释义 |
† beˈlage, v. Naut. Obs.
[Either ME. belegge, obs. form of belay, or, what is not improbable, ad. Du. beleggen, in same sense. (It is also possible that it may have originated as a misprint or misreading of belaye. See also belace v.2)]
1678Phillips, Belage in Navigation is to fasten any running Rope when it is haled, that it cannot run forth again. [So in ed. 1696: Belay in nautical sense not given in either; but ed. 1706has Belay or Belage, explained as in 1678]. 1692in Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xvi. 75 To Belage, to make fast any running Rope. 1707in Kersey. 1721Bailey Belage, Belay (Sea Term) [expl. as in Phillips]. |