| 单词 | foul coast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoul coast 24. Nautical. Of a coast or the bottom of a stretch of water: rocky and uneven, posing a hazard to ships. Chiefly in foul bottom, foul coast, foul ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > rocky undersea tract foul bottom1598 foul ground1598 rim1795 scar1823 sunker1896 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > hazardous foul coast1717 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies iii. xx. 338/1 Not to fal towards ye south side of the mouth of the straight, with the ride that runneth ther, for you haue many depths and foule ground, you must alwaies hold on ye North side. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 77 The Norther part of the Bay hath foule ground, and rocks vnder water. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 293 The Sea running high..made us fear, because the Coast is foul. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 515 The navigation of the Sound of Ilay is dangerous..from foul ground. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 122 The launch should be sent in the direction of the foul ground. 1918 W. Indies Pilot (U.S. Hydrographic Office) (ed. 3) I. 340 Boston Bay..has a foul bottom, except in its southwestern corner. 2007 Hist. Archaeol. 41 40/1 A shipwreck was recognized on a side-scan sonar image in an area of foul ground known locally as the ‘Frenchman’. < as lemmas |
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