单词 | carvel |
释义 | carveln. Nautical. 1. The ordinary name from the 15th to the 17th cent., of a somewhat small, light, and fast ship, chiefly of Spain and Portugal, but also mentioned as French and English. (Rarely mentioned after 1650 except as a thing of history, and then usually written caravel, after modern French caravelle, Portuguese caravela.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > types of fast sailing vessel carvel1462 caravel1527 yachta1584 fly-boat1590 calvara1592 lorcha1653 runner1699 scampavia1723 clipper1824 clipper-ship1853 fruit-clipper1864 heeler1864 tea-clipper1895 1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 106 In-to Skotlondward in a kervyle of Depe. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxixv Of ye Englyshe men..ii. Barkys, & a Caruyll, the whiche thre small Shyppys escaped by theyr delyuer saylynge. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. ii. 61 The pantit carvellis fletyng throu the flude. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 17 The hoounds harroing after [the deer], az had they bin a number of skyphs too the spoyl of a karuell. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F3 Rich Alexandria drugges, Fetcht by Carueils from Aegypts richest straights. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. ii. 729 Thus Columbus is set forth with three Caruels at the King's charges. 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 717 An infinite number of karvals and small boats. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 A Caruell whose sailes stand like a paire of Tailers sheeres. 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iv. 47 It did me good To see the Spanish Carveile vaile her top Vnto my Maiden Flag. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2201/1 Besides..they have 9 or 10 Carvels or small Frigats, from 18 to 6 Guns. 1830 G. P. R. James Darnley III. viii. 171 From the biggest man-of-war to the meanest carvel. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) iii. 42 All sorts of barques and carvels..correctly drawn on the slate. a. The Paper Nautilus or Argonaut. ΚΠ 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 6 This little Fish, the Carvill..riseth to the top of the sea..and there..Raises up his maine Mast, spreads his sayles, which he makes of his own sinewes..and begins his voyage. 1690 J. Banister Let. 2 Aug. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 671 The Nautilus or Carvil (as the Sailors call it). Thesaurus » Categories » b. The floating mollusc Ianthina. c. A jellyfish (Medusa). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish) nettle1601 sea-nettle1601 blubber1602 nettlefish1611 red nettle1611 squalder1659 sea-jellya1682 urticaa1682 carvel1688 sea-qualm1694 sea-bleb1700 acaleph1706 sea-blubber1717 Medusa1752 quarla1820 acalephan1834 medusite1838 jellyfish1841 naked-eyed medusa1848 slobber1849 sea-cross1850 sea-danger1850 sun squall1853 discophore1856 medusoid1856 starch1860 Discophoran1876 jelly1882 sea-blub1885 1688 J. Clayton Let. 12 May in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 783 In the Sea I saw many little things which the Seamen call Carvels;..they Swim like a small Sheeps Bladder above the Water, downwards there are long fibrous strings, some whereof I have found near half a yard long. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 7 When we were in about 46 degrees of Northern Latitude, I first saw what seamen call a Caraval or Portuguese Man of War.] Compounds carvel-built n. Nautical applied to a vessel ‘the planks of which are all flush and smooth, the edges laid close to each other..in contradistinction to clinker-built, where they overlap each other’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks edge-to-edge carvel-built1859 carvel-planked1886 1798 Capt. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clix The pains I had taken to get carver-built boats. 1859 F. L. M'Clintock Voy. ‘Fox’ 249 She appeared to have been originally ‘carvel’ built. carvel-planked adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks edge-to-edge carvel-built1859 carvel-planked1886 1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log xi. 252 The heavy carvel-planked boats of the French, Spaniards, or Italians. carvel-work n. ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) [erroneously] Carnel-work, the building of ships first with their Timbers, and after bring on their planks. 1805 Mariner's Dict. Carvel Work, in contradistinction to clincher work; is the common method of planking vessels by laying the edges close to each other, and caulking them to make them water tight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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