| 单词 | halftop |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-top half-top n. Nautical (now historical) a wooden platform on one side of a mast of a sailing ship, acting as a small topcastle (sometimes as one of a pair); cf. top n.1 16a. ΘΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast topc1420 scuttle1597 bowl1627 round top1661 crow's nest1818 hurricane-house1818 bird's nest1851 1832 A. W. Schomberg Pract. Remarks & Observ. Building, Rigging, Arming & Equpping His Majesty's Ships of War 92 How do you turn in a stay or a shroud whether against or with the sun, and why? Send up a half top? c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 76 The half-tops are bolted to the cross trees, and the sleepers are bolted above the trussle trees. 1932 Mariner's Mirror 18 194/1 The half-top is in the typical Mediterranean position on the after-side of the mast. half-top half-top n. ΚΠ c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 76 The half-tops are bolted to the cross trees, and the sleepers are bolted above the trussle trees. < as lemmas |
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