| 单词 | jackass schooner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjackass schooner jackass schooner n. now historical a sailing vessel similar to a schooner (schooner n.1 1a) but rigged slightly differently; esp. a three-masted vessel which is square-rigged on the foremast and has no maintopmast; cf. jackass rig n., jackass rigged adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > schooner > schooner-rigged vessels schooner-frigate1799 mackinaw boat1812 ballahoo1815 schooner barge1819 Jack1845 schooner-yacht1876 bugeye1877 jackass schooner1879 buckeye1885 butterman1885 schooner yawl1889 ram1904 Tancook schooner1933 goelette1948 1879 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 156/1 The larger ones are more frequently rigged as ‘jackass schooners’, with no booms and ridiculous little staysails, all the masts being shipped several feet more forward than with us. 1913 R. A. Freeman Unwilling Adventurer ix. 121 Three hundred and fifty sail of every rig and size, from the majestic ship of the line to the little jackass schooner. 1951 H. Benham Down Tops'l v. 71 ‘Jackass’ schooners..were so called because they were square rigged forward like a tops'l schooner, but had a ketch's mizzen. 2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 153 A jackass schooner is a three-masted schooner with no main topmast and square sails set on her foremast. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。