单词 | mattress boat |
释义 | > as lemmasmattress boat mattress boat n. now rare a boat on which mattresses for dykes, etc., are made and from which they are launched. ΚΠ 1879 Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers ii. 1068 in Executive Documents U.S. House of Representatives (46th Congress, 2nd Sess.) A mattress-boat, nicknamed the Spider, was designed and constructed, from which the first mat was launched. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 588/2 A mattress boat consists essentially of a set of 8 trussed ways supported by two scows. < as lemmas |
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