The ballast of a ship.
单词 | θ206340 |
释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ballast (10) lastage1440 The ballast of a ship. ballast1486 Any heavy material, such as gravel, sand, metal, water, etc., placed in the hold of a ship to weigh it down in the water and prevent it from… ballasting1508 The action or process of supplying with ballast (literally or figuratively). Also concrete: = ballast, n. kentledge1625 Pig-iron used as permanent ballast, usually laid upon the kelson-plates. Also attributive. water ballast1759 water carried in a tank or compartment and used as ballast on a boat or ship, or (later) an aircraft. shifting ballast1785 (see quots.). pig of ballast1789 Chiefly Metallurgy. An oblong mass of metal as formed by molten metal run from a furnace and allowed… a pig of iron or (rarely) lead used as… pig ballast1797 ballast in the form of pigs of iron or (rarely) lead; cf. pig of ballast n. at sense 11f. sandbag1834 spec. used as ballast; esp. for a boat or balloon. stiffening1894 Nautical. Heavy goods taken on board ship as ballast (see quot. 1894). Cf. stiffening-order n. at compounds 2. |
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