| 单词 | centipede gasket |
| 释义 | > as lemmascentipede gasket a. Originally more fully centipede gasket. A piece of rope having shorter lengths of rope woven into it at intervals as crosspieces; esp. such a rope running the length of a boom or yard, the crosspieces being used to bind down a sail in stowing it. Also (occasionally): a strip of wood fitted with rope crosspieces to serve the same purpose. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > group of small cords through block yuffrouw1494 crowfoot1627 crow's foot1627 crowfoot dead-eye1769 euphroe1815 centipede1857 1857 J. M. Boyd Man. Naval Cadets xvii. 298 The Studding sails..are tied up with ‘centipede’ gaskets. 1883 E. H. Taunt Young Sailor's Assistant Pract. Seamanship xiii. 299 Roll the sail up snugly and stop it with rope yarns, or better still, have a centipede on the yard. 1897 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 7) 134 Sails to be furled, secured with a centipede and kept covered. 1901 C. T. Brady Under Tops'ls & Tents v. 70 I called out when the gaskets had been cast off the centipede, that all was ready with the flying-jib. 1939 F. J. Buenzle Bluejacket x. 157 ‘Euphroe’ or ‘Uvro,’..is the name of a piece of wood aboard ship that is drilled full of holes and used to spread the legs of a centipede on the backs of awnings. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 128/2 Centipede, a strong rope or strip of oak running the length of the bowsprit and jibboom on each side, with short stops of sennit at intervals, used in stowing jibs. < as lemmas |
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