| 单词 | hopper-barge |
| 释义 | > as lemmashopper-barge hopper-barge n. ΚΠ 1895 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 4/2 The Admiralty hopper barge..for use at the Gibraltar new Dry Dock and Extension Works, had an adventurous voyage. hopper-barge 6. A barge in attendance on a dredging machine, which carries the mud or gravel out to sea and discharges it through an opening in its bottom. Also hopper-barge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > mud- or hopper-barge mudboata1691 hopper-barge1759 mud-scow1766 mud barge1861 mudlighter1909 1759 in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 588 A person invented a machine..called a Hopper..to take ballast out of ship in rivers, in order to convey the same to the sea, and there drop it. 1887 Daily News 14 Dec. 2/6 New steamer Giralda, when off Claxheugh, river Wear, came into collision with a laden hopper. 1894 Daily News 8 Oct. 6/7 The men who were working the marine dredger and its attendant hoppers in the outer port of Port Said. < as lemmas |
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