单词 | house lighter |
释义 | > as lemmashouse lighter house lighter n. now rare a lighter (lighter n.1) having a section for living in.Cf. houseboat n., house-barge n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > houseboat house lighterc1761 houseboat1772 chop1859 house-barge1860 c1761 Advt. in Mariner's Mirror (1993) 79 162 The above eight Lighters and two Horse-Boats will make two good Gangs, there being two Masts and two House-lighters. 1891 A. J. Foster Ouse 170 The house-lighter, so called because a part of it makes a cabin for the men. 1913 Monthly Weather Rev. 1912 (U.S.) 40 1439/2 At Jefferson Street Wharf a house-lighter sank with a cargo of naval stores. < as lemmas |
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