| 单词 | knee of the head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknee of the head a. Shipbuilding and Nautical. A piece of timber naturally bent, used to secure parts of a ship together, esp. one with an angular bend used to connect the beams and the timbers; by extension, a bent piece of iron serving the same purpose; †formerly applied to any naturally grown bent timber used in shipbuilding. knee of the head, a cutwater: cf. head n.1 22.Hence carling-knee n. at carling n.1 3, cheek knee n. at cheek n. Compounds 2, dagger-knee n. at dagger n.1 Compounds 2, head knee n. at head n.1 Compounds 4, heel knee n. at heel n.1 and int. Compounds 2b, standard-knee n. at standard n., adj., and int. Compounds 2, sternpost-knee at stern-post n. c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > angular supporting timber knee1337 hook1611 standardc1620 carling-knee1626 standing knee1726 dagger-knee1850 hanging knee1850 beam-knee1869 1337–9 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 71 Pro iij. lignis maeremij curuis vocatis knowes sic emptis et positis in naue predicta. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 293 Boltes of yron for Knees in the seid Ship. 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 864 Carpenters to set knees into her, and any other tymbers appertaining to the strengthening of a shippe. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 9 All the beames to be bound with two knees at each ende. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Cut-water of a Ship is also called the Knee of the Head. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Knees are either said to be lodging or hanging. The former are fixed horizontally... The latter are fixed vertically. 1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea i. 3 Extra iron knees were introduced in order more effectually to resist the enormous pressure of the ice. < as lemmas |
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