单词 | dung-boat |
释义 | > as lemmasdung-boat dung-boat n. now chiefly historical a boat or barge used to transport dung, esp. one carrying away dung and other waste from a town or city; cf. dung barge n. ΚΠ 1349 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E 101/471/2) m. 10 Pro batellando cum suo Doungbott petras de Purbyk de Westmonasterio vsque turrim xvj.d. a1395 in Archaeologia (1832) 24 311 (MED) j Dongebote vocatus Showte. 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 50 The often Recours of the Carts to the Dung boats sides, haue made such Publik Shores..to become..very myry, and depe to the knees. a1667 A. Cowley Answer Invitation Cambr. in Wks. (1711) III. 63 The Quondam Dung-boat is made gay. 1721 tr. Hist. Acct. Plague Marseilles 107 Great Dung Boats were brought, into which was thrown all the Filth and Nastiness that lay about every where. 1812 Irish Mag. Jan. 31/2 You have been making a canal for dung-boats. 1909 Truth (Brisbane) 19 Sept. 10/3 Sometimes a city inspector does have a day out down the river in the dung-boat Moreton. 2015 C. Taylor in P. D. Mitchell Sanitation, Latrines, & Intestinal Parasites Past Populations 79 Businesses and citizens of London could also put their waste into wagons, dung-boats, or just outside of their doors to be picked up by carts. < as lemmas |
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