| 单词 | gangway man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgangway man gangway man n. †(a) a sailor who is punished at the gangway; cf. sense A. 2b (obsolete rare); (b) a person who loads and unloads a ship using a gangway. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who load or unload lader1542 ballast heaver?1780 stevedore1788 longshoreman1792 longshore1857 slinger1881 gangway man1915 1779 State of Facts relative to Greenwich Hosp. 17/2 The First Chaplain..expressed his surprise, that Mr. Dickey..should be put upon the footing of a Gangway-man, meaning the Pensioners in the Hospital; some of whom might have been unhappily punished at the Gangway. 1841 Bentley's Misc. Apr. 358 The boatswain's whistle summons the gangway men, for the captain is alongside. 1915 C. B. Barnes Longshoremen 252 The burton man and the gangway man took a purchase on the fall around the lowering spar. 2003 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 25 Jan. Few have to remain in the elements for eight hours or longer, as the lashers, gangwaymen and slingers who work on the docks of the port of Hampton Roads do. < as lemmas |
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