gang-caskn.

Brit.

/ˈɡaŋˌkɑːsk/,

/ˈɡaŋˌkask/, U.S.

/ˈɡæŋˈkæsk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gang n., cask n.

Etymology: < gang n. + cask n., probably so called on account of its use for transport.

Nautical. Now historical.

A small wooden cask used esp. for transporting water from shore to a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask > for drinking-water

scuttled cask1743

gang-caska1769

scuttle-cask1803

scuttlebutt1840

scuttled butt1840

a1769 G. Robertson Disc. Tahiti (1948) 147 Mt Gore was ordered to take gang Casks and Brackers in the Boats and do all he could to get the natives to bring off water.

1804 in D. Knox Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (1941) III. 309 A shore boat that will carry 20 Gang Casks..can be hired for 9/. pr day.

1881 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. I. ii. 685/1 The gang cask..contains the drinking water for the ship's company.

1915 Yachtsman's Ann. Guide & Naut. Cal. 168 Gang Casks. Small casks, used for bringing water on board in boats.

1982 J. B. Gidmark Melville Sea Dict. 118 They [sc. breakers] are also used in watering the ship as gang-casks.

2001 Calif. Hist. 80 12/1 Thomes..visited the Richardsons' extensive Sausalito ranch to fill gang-casks..from the fresh-water spring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gang-cask
释义	gang-caskn. Brit. /ˈɡaŋˌkɑːsk/, /ˈɡaŋˌkask/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋˈkæsk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gang n., cask n. Etymology: < gang n. + cask n., probably so called on account of its use for transport. Nautical. Now historical. A small wooden cask used esp. for transporting water from shore to a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask > for drinking-water scuttled cask1743 gang-caska1769 scuttle-cask1803 scuttlebutt1840 scuttled butt1840 a1769 G. Robertson Disc. Tahiti (1948) 147 Mt Gore was ordered to take gang Casks and Brackers in the Boats and do all he could to get the natives to bring off water. 1804 in D. Knox Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (1941) III. 309 A shore boat that will carry 20 Gang Casks..can be hired for 9/. pr day. 1881 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. I. ii. 685/1 The gang cask..contains the drinking water for the ship's company. 1915 Yachtsman's Ann. Guide & Naut. Cal. 168 Gang Casks. Small casks, used for bringing water on board in boats. 1982 J. B. Gidmark Melville Sea Dict. 118 They [sc. breakers] are also used in watering the ship as gang-casks. 2001 Calif. Hist. 80 12/1 Thomes..visited the Richardsons' extensive Sausalito ranch to fill gang-casks..from the fresh-water spring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1769
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