单词 | limber-board |
释义 | > as lemmaslimber-board limber-board n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 70 One Strake next the Limber Boards. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Limber-boards, short pieces of plank, which form a part of the ceiling, or lining of a ship's floor... They are..removed, when it becomes necessary, to..clear the limber-holes of any filth..or gravel, by which they may be clogged. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 69 The limber boards..cover these channels or ‘limbers’, and serve to keep dirt out, which would soon choke the pumps. < as lemmas |
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