单词 | leadsman |
释义 | † leadsmann.1 Obsolete. A guide, = lodesman n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > one who guides or leads way-witterc1275 leadera1300 lodesmanc1300 predecessora1325 guide1362 duistre1393 conduct1423 way-leaderc1450 guiderc1475 conductor1481 leadsmanc1510 janissary1565 Palinurus1567 forerunner1576 convoy1581 mercury1592 pilota1635 accompanier1753 runner1867 c1510 Gest R. Hode vii. 369 in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 74/1 I wyll be your ledës-man, And lede you the way. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres 29 They find their leadsman before them in their due distance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018). leadsmann.2 The man who ‘heaves’ the lead in taking soundings. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with other specific duties on ship sounder1575 carpenter1626 marshal1626 mastman1649 master of voyage1771 tierer1825 legger1831 call boy1835 bellboy1851 paymaster1852 snubber1853 leadsman1857 lamps1866 berther1867 bailer1883 waistboater1891 tanky1909 planesman1945 1857 S. Osborn Quedah xxii. 308 The rippling music of my gun-boat's stem..and the low call of the leadsman, were the only signs of life. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Leadsman... In Calcutta the young gentlemen learning to be pilots are called leadsmen. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 119 The foremast awning stanchion..forms a good support for the leadsman's breast-rope. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 278/2 Skilful pilots; each of whom brings his own leadsman on board. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1c1510n.21857 |
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