单词 | chain cable |
释义 | > as lemmaschain cable a. spec. (Nautical) The strong thick rope to which a ship's anchor is fastened; and by transference, anything used for the same purpose, as a chain of iron links ( chain cable).‘Stream-cable, a hawser or rope something smaller than the bower, used to move or hold the ship temporarily during a calm in a river or haven, sheltered from the wind and sea, etc.’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable anchor ropeOE coble?a1400 cablec1400 anchor tow1602 anchor-gable1609 rode1612 anchor line1614 roding1896 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 418 With-outen mast, oþer myke, oþer myry bawe-lyne, Kable, oþer capstan to clyppe to her ankrez. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 96 Eneas..cutte asondre the cables that with helde the shippe within the hauen. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2848 Þai caste ancres full kene with cables to grounde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. iv. 4 The Cable broke, the holding-Anchor lost. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 The Cables also carry a proportion to the Anchors, but if it be not three strond, it is accounted but a Hawser. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Admiral They may be ready to cut or slip the cables when they shall be too much hurried to weigh their anchors. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 185 Slip the cable and endeavour to get to sea. 1885 C. Annandale Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Chain-cables have now almost superseded rope-cables. < as lemmas |
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