| 单词 | mess cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmess cloth mess cloth n. now historical and rare ΚΠ 1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. xxiii. 250 Throwing down my knife..I leaped on to the messcloth, and gave him a blow in the eye. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xv. 75 The boatswain had piped the hands to dinner; my mess-cloth was set out, and my messmates were assembled. 1902 Sanitarian Aug. 103 The use of..tables and benches in lieu of mess-cloths, is a most wholesome change. 2004 M. J. Bennett Union Jacks ii. 47 The meals were placed on a mess cloth, which was usually nothing more than a tarred piece of canvas laid between two guns or on chests on the berth deck. < as lemmas |
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