| 单词 | hovelling |
| 释义 | > as lemmashovelling hovelling n. the business of a hoveller, piloting. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > pilotage lodemanagec1405 petilodemanage1531 pilotage1577 pilotism1611 pilotship1612 piloting1663 pilotry1744 hovelling1880 mud pilotage1932 1880 Chambers's Encycl. III. 445/2 at Deal The chief branches of industry are..boat-building, sail-making, piloting or hovelling [etc.]. 1891 J. Simson Hist. Thanet 110 Hovelling and Foying are to a great extent synonymous terms. The latter has been described as ‘going off to ships with provisions, and assisting them when in distress’; the same definition may with some amplification be applied to hovelling. < as lemmas |
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