| 单词 | gabbart man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgabbart man gabbart man n. now historical a man who sails or pilots a gabbart (see main sense). ΚΠ 1488 Cely Papers in Eng. Stud. (1961) 42 149 The gabbard man. 1689 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 554 Seamen and gabert men. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 112 A few Gabbard-men and Labourers. 1886 G. Williamson Old Greenock 163 The gabbart-men and lighter-men on the Clyde tendered the free use of about 60 vessels..for transportation of troops, stores, etc. 1961 Dublin Hist. Rec. 16 138 It was also reported that the gabbard men had been ‘resting on their oars’. 2010 A. R. Ekirch Birthright (2011) 3 No street urchin knows the waterside better, its wide quays, market stalls, and gabbard-men. < as lemmas |
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