单词 | hauling |
释义 | haulingn. The action of pulling, dragging, or traction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling drawingc1300 draughta1398 pullinga1425 draggingc1440 halingc1440 lugging?a1500 attraction1578 toilingc1600 trainage1611 hale1615 traction1615 hauling1626 trail1674 tracting1780 haulage1826 pull1833 drawal1936 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 4 The Marshall is to..see Iustice executed..ducking at Yards arme, hawling vnder the Keele. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 134 There will be hauling and pulling, and irregular proceedings. 1732 J. Swift Advantages repealing Sacramental Test 7 Pullings and Hawlings backwards and forwards. 1884 Western Morning News 2 Aug. 8/1 The hauling down of the signal. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1791 Selby Bridge Act 3 To..make any hauling roads. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §212 The hawling track for the navigation by horses. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. x. 116 He is drawn aft by a hauling line. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hauling down vacancy, the colloquialism expressive of the promotion of a flag-lieutenant and midshipman on an admiral's hauling down his flag. C2. hauling-ground n. a place where bachelor seals congregate, distinguished from the rookery or ground occupied by breeding seals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > other places made or used by aglu1835 hauling-ground1898 1898 D. S. Jordan Fur Seals i. 36 Adjoining the breeding grounds and an essential part of each rookery are what are known as the ‘hauling grounds’ of the bachelors, frequented by the young males of the ages of 5 years and under. 1960 Canad. Audubon Jan.–Feb. 2/2 Localities where sea lions come ashore for purposes other than breeding or pupping are called ‘hauling grounds’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). haulingadj. That hauls. ΚΠ 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xiv. 170 A driver sitting upon one of the hauling horses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1626adj.1891 |
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