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单词 lerret
释义

lerretn.

/ˈlɛrɪt/
Forms: Also lerrett, lerrit.
Etymology: Etymology unknown.
dialect.
A boat suitable for heavy seas, used on the coast about the Isle of Portland.
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1828 New Sailor's Mag. 155 The ‘Portland Lerret’, or boat adapted for approaching this extraordinary isthmus, ‘Chesel Beach’... A lerret of large size, about five tons burden.
1869 Daily News 14 Sept. Pilot George Brown, with a crew of four men, went in a ‘lerrit’ to her assistance.
1877 Times 13 Sept. 4/3 In the face of such a sea..none other than the well known Portland ‘lerretts’ could have been launched or beached.
1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxiv. 120 The trip in the stern of the lerret had quite refreshed her.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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