单词 | jury-mast |
释义 | jury-mastn. a. Nautical. A temporary mast put up in place of one that has been broken or carried away. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > temporary or emergency mast jury-mast1616 rough-tree1625 1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 50 We had reaccommodated her a Iury mast, and the rest, to returne for Plimouth. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iv. 18 A Iury Mast, that is, when a Mast is borne by the boord, with Yards, Roofes, Trees, or what they can, spliced or fished together they make a Iury-mast. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 84 Jury Mast. Whatever is set up in the Room of a Mast lost in a Fight, or by a Storm, and fastened into the Partners, and fitted with a lesser Yard, Sails, and Ropes, is called a Jury Mast. 1782 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) I. 55 We have been employed since in getting jury-masts yards and bowsprit, and stopping the holes in our sides. 1847 Ld. G. Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 144 To keep the dismantled ship floating and fighting under jury-masts. b. So jury foremast, jury mainmast, etc. ΚΠ 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 28 Having no Sails..but a main Course, and a kind of square Sail upon a Jury Fore-mast. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. i. 297 We saw her main-top mast, which had hitherto served her as a jury main-mast, share the same fate. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. i. 7 Before the day was over, a jury-foremast had been got up. c. transferred. An apparatus employed in the treatment of Pott's disease, to keep the spinal column straight, and prevent lateral curvature. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > appliances to support spine circumcinction1599 monitor1785 corset1833 plaster jacket1879 jury-mast1883 1883 T. Holmes & J. W. Hulke Syst. Surg. (ed. 3) II. 413 In Professor Sayre's Plaster of Paris Corset and Jury-mast..we have a much better appliance. 1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1029. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616 |
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