kentledgen.

Brit.

/ˈkɛntlɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈkɛntˌlɛdʒ/

Forms: 1600s kintledge, kinttlidge, 1600s–1700s kintlage, 1700s kent(i)lage, 1800s kentledge.

Etymology: Of obsure origin. ? < kentle , kental , kintal , quintal n. + -age suffix; compare dunnage.

Nautical.

Pig-iron used as permanent ballast, usually laid upon the kelson-plates. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ballast

lastage1440

ballast1486

ballasting1508

kentledge1625

water ballast1759

shifting ballast1785

pig of ballast1789

pig ballast1797

sandbag1834

stiffening1894

1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. vi. 191 Our too great quantitie of kintledge goods, maketh our ship to labour marvellously.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 Ballast, kintlage, canting coynes.

1722 London Gaz. No. 6116/2 The Iron Kentilage from aboard the Carnarvon.

1860 H. Gouger Two Years' Imprisonm. Burmah x. 111 Logs of pure silver, shaped like pieces of ship's kentledge, but..wanting the handle with which kentledge is furnished for the convenience of lifting.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Oct. 3/2 In order to give..greater stability..nearly one hundred tons of iron pigs or ‘kentledge’ was fitted into the open spaces along the keelson between her frames.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kentledge
释义	kentledgen. Brit. /ˈkɛntlɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈkɛntˌlɛdʒ/ Forms: 1600s kintledge, kinttlidge, 1600s–1700s kintlage, 1700s kent(i)lage, 1800s kentledge. Etymology: Of obsure origin. ? < kentle , kental , kintal , quintal n. + -age suffix; compare dunnage. Nautical. Pig-iron used as permanent ballast, usually laid upon the kelson-plates. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ballast lastage1440 ballast1486 ballasting1508 kentledge1625 water ballast1759 shifting ballast1785 pig of ballast1789 pig ballast1797 sandbag1834 stiffening1894 1625 Keeling's Iournall 3rd Voy. to E. India in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. vi. 191 Our too great quantitie of kintledge goods, maketh our ship to labour marvellously. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 Ballast, kintlage, canting coynes. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6116/2 The Iron Kentilage from aboard the Carnarvon. 1860 H. Gouger Two Years' Imprisonm. Burmah x. 111 Logs of pure silver, shaped like pieces of ship's kentledge, but..wanting the handle with which kentledge is furnished for the convenience of lifting. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Oct. 3/2 In order to give..greater stability..nearly one hundred tons of iron pigs or ‘kentledge’ was fitted into the open spaces along the keelson between her frames. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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