单词 | alongships |
释义 | alongshipsadv. In line with the length of the ship; in a lengthwise direction; fore and aft. Contrasted with athwart-ships adv. at athwart adv. and prep. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > [adverb] alongst shipsc1620 alongships1687 1687 London Gaz. 2256/4 His Men on his Bowsprit and his Sprissel-yards along Ships, all ready to Board us. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates (ed. 2) xi. 267 They..got their Spritsail Yard along-ships. 1880 T. H. Bean tr. F. M. Wallem Rep. Amer. Fisheries in Rep. Commissioner 1878 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) 97 The box in which the fan worked was only 5 feet high, 2¼ feet long (alongships), and 1¼ feet broad (athwartship). 1936 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 86/3 They [sc. cargo hatches] can be made of wooden blocks, slightly crowned alongships and undercut at the sides. 2005 E. J. Simmonds & D. N. MacLennan Fisheries Acoustics (ed. 2) Pl. 3.6 The panels show cross-sections of the backscattering intensity in three planes: (b) horizontal; (c) vertical alongships; (d) vertical athwartships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1687 |
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