| 单词 | irish pennant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish pennant Irish pennant n. Nautical slang a loose end of a rope, yarn, etc., hanging untidily or flapping in the wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope hanging loose Irish pennant1829 Irish pendant1837 1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. xii. 201 Not removing an ‘Irish pennant,’ or straggling rope-yarn from the rigging, were, in the first lieutenant's opinion, punishable offences of considerable enormity. 1892 Newcastle Weekly Courant 29 Oct. 6/6 Running gear..swung with the rolling of the little brig like Irish pennants. 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder i. 14 ‘Irish pennants’ fluttering wildly on spar and rigging tell of scamped work of those whose names are not on our ‘Articles’. 1996 P. O'Brian Yellow Admiral (1997) iv. 99 I think that even you will be startled by the number of Irish pennants everywhere to be seen. < as lemmas |
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