单词 | fouroared |
释义 | > as lemmasfour-oared four-oared adj. propelled by four oars or oarsmen; also absol. (= four-oared boat). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > for specific number of rowers four-oared1685 pair-oared1879 1685 London Gaz. No. 2023/4 A six Oared Barge..and a four Oared Boat. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 249 If we had seen a four-oared galley going up with the tide. 1870 G. W. Dasent Ann. Eventful Life I. 141 Leaving the boat-hook of a four-oared, which I steered. four-oared Having an oar or oars, esp. of a specified number or kind; (also, occasionally) using oars. Frequently as the second element in compounds, as four-oared, six-oared adjs.For more established compounds see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] oared1592 oary1791 1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. R. Garnier Antonius ii. sig. Hv My oared Gallies follow'd with his Ships Companion of my flight. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2023/4 A six Oared Barge never used above four or five times. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 191 The eighteen oared barge. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. i. 18 A ten-oared boat filled with soldiers approached. 1847 Illustr. London News 10 July 23/2 Trial races for the classification of oared boats. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 41 Where shall go no oared galley. 1884 I. S. M. Hamilton Jaunt in Junk ii. 18 At a pace which speedily put oared pursuit out of the question. 1934 Man 34 32/1 The rock drawings at Adila (water hole), an ancient mining site near Halfa, [include]..one of an eight-oared boat with a high stern and cabin. 1975 Sci. Amer. May 118/2 Two small oared cutters with sponge fisherman from Syme..dropped anchor in a deep cove. 1986 J. S. Morrison & J. F. Coates Athenian Trireme i. 2 The trieres was the first type of oared warship to be pulled by oars at three levels. < as lemmas |
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