Nautical. The tonnage of a ship. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [noun] > attributes of vessel > carrying or cubic capacity (8) portage1436 Nautical. The tonnage of a ship. Obsolete. burden1555 A ‘load’ (whether of man, animal, vehicle, etc.) considered as a measure of quantity. Now only applied to the carrying capacity of a ship, stated… lastage1571 The carrying capacity of a ship, measured in lasts. Cf. last, n.2 4. wastie1600 ? Capacity (of a ship). tonnage1718 The internal capacity of a ship expressed in tons of 100 cubic feet (see ton, n.1 2) or 2·83 cubic metres. grt1911 gross register(ed) tonnage, the total internal volume of a ship or boat expressed in terms of units of one hundred cubic feet. ton tight- see tight, adj. 13. Subcategories:— unit of (1) |
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