单词 | fish-davit |
释义 | > as lemmasfish-davit (a) A curved piece of timber or iron with a roller or sheave at the end, projecting from a ship's bow, and used as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor without injuring the side of the vessel; a fish-davit. (b) One of a pair of cranes on the side or stern of a ship, fitted with sheaves and pulleys for suspending or lowering a boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > davit davit1485 goose-neck1840 crane- 1373 tr. in Norman-Fr. Indenture in H. T. Riley Mem. London 370 30 ores, 1 daviot, for the same boat.] 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 40 Daviott for the bote. 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 49 Daviottes in the ffore castell. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 193 Devettes with a shyver of yron. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 193 Dyvettes with a colke of brasse. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 12 The forecastle, or prow..the fish-hooke, a loufe hooke, and the blot at the Dauids ende. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 10 The Dauid..is put out betwixt the Cat and the Loufe, and to be remoued when you please. 1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 125 Bitts, Catheads and Davits. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. N3v The davit..is employed to fish the anchor. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 196 The boats are..suspended from davits or cranes fixed on the sides of the ship. 1875 J. C. Wilcocks Sea-fisherman (ed. 3) 48 Crane-davits of galvanised iron, in shape of the ordinary boat-davits. fish-davit fish-davit n. a davit for fishing the anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > davit > for anchor fish-davit1840 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 120 The..fish-davit [was] rigged out. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 93 Iron..fish davits are now fitted to nearly all ships. < as lemmas |
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