单词 | kettle-bottom |
释义 | kettle-bottomn. 1. literal. The bottom of a kettle. figurative. A name given to a hill with broad flat top and sloping sides. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > round or conical lowOE lawa1400 sugar-loafa1691 kettle-bottom1746 loma1849 morne1889 pepino1899 hum1921 1746 MS. Log of the ship ‘Wake’ 13 Sept. The High Land of Pullicat from ye Kittle Bottom. 1809 Horsburgh Direct. Sailing I. 322 Far inland..there is a round conical hill called the Kettle Bottom. 2. ‘A ship with a flat floor’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] plat1449 float1557 flat-bottom1579 tumbrila1625 flat-boat1660 tumbril boat1688 turnel boat1688 flat1749 kettle-bottom1838 flatty1892 1838 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound I. iii. 34 The Montauk..was a first-class specimen of the ‘kettle-bottom’ school of naval architecture. Derivatives kettle-bottomed adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [adjective] flat-bottomed1582 flat-bottom1598 kettle-bottomed1838 1838 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound I. x. 151 Joe was presbyterian-built, as we say, kettle-bottomed, and stowed well. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 101 She was a good, substantial ship..wall-sided and kettle-bottomed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1746 |
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