单词 | main-yard-arm |
释义 | > as lemmasmain-yard-arm main-yard-arm n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > either end of yardarm?a1554 spritsail yardarm1618 main-yard-arma1661 a1661 R. Bargrave Trav. Diary (1999) 83 All of them fell farily doune, before the Seraglio walls; setting on fire Potts of Pitch at theyr maineyard Armes. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 55 Some, from the main-yard-arm reluctant thrown. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxviii. 379 Nimble as a cat, Tashtego mounts aloft; and..runs straight out upon the overhanging main-yard-arm. 1870 Times 15 Oct. 11/6 A man fell from the mainyard-arm of Her Majesty's steamship Rapid, on her passage from Tarragona. < as lemmas |
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