| 单词 | chafing-gear |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschafing-gear chafing-gear n. Nautical ‘the stuff put upon the rigging and spars to prevent their being chafed’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [noun] > stuff to prevent chafing paunch1622 chafing-gear1840 sword-mat1851 paunch-matc1860 sword-matting1882 chafing-mat1883 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 5 Wherever any of the..ropes..are chafing or wearing upon it, there ‘chafing gear’, as it is called, must be put on. 1882 Daily Tel. 12 Sept. 2/1 Dead-eyes to turn in, chafing gear to look after, reef-knots to point. < as lemmas |
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