| 单词 | dolphin-striker | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasdolphin-striker   dolphin-striker  n. Nautical a short gaff spar fixed perpendicularly under the cap of the bowsprit for guying down the jib-boom; also called martingale (which name is also given to the ropes connecting it with the jib-boom). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > 			[noun]		 > spar projecting over bows > extension of > spar for guys of martingale1794 dolphin-striker1834 whisker1844 1834Dolphin-striker [see sense  6b].							 1841    F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. vii. 173  				A very unequal collision..carried away our..dolphin-striker. 1867    W. H. Smyth  & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Martingale  				The spar is usually termed the dolphin-striker, from its handy position whence to strike fish. < as lemmas  | 
	
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