单词 | corver |
释义 | † corvern.1 Obsolete. A kind of Dutch herring-fisher and fishing-boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > Dutch corverc1491 Holland-toad1614 tode1614 galliot1794 c1491 Earl of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 467 The roborye and dispoyling of certayn corvers of Holond and Selond done by the shipp callyd the Foole, wherof Robert Spenser was maister, aswell in herryng, vitayle, and takelyng. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). corvern.2 One who makes corves: see corf n.1 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > makers of other containers or receptacles cofferer1401 pail maker1559 trugger1566 trunk-maker1701 corver1708 swiller1859 urn-maker?1881 vase-maker1893 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 13 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Whereas I speak of Corves, or Baskets to put the Coals in, we must have a Man (which is called the Corver) to make them. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Corver, a man who makes and repairs corves or coal baskets. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 84. 1921 in Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §652. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1c1491n.21708 |
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