| 单词 | monkey-rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey-rail monkey-rail n. Nautical (now historical) a supplementary rail above the quarter rail of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at stern or quarter fife-rail1721 tafferel1805 taffrail1814 necking1822 monkey-rail1840 stern-rail1846 pushpit1964 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 444 The inside was then painted..the yards black; monkey-rail, black, white, and yellow. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 290/1 Hanging over the monkey-rail in order to see as well as feel the quick answer of the vessel to her helm. 1925 C. G. Davis Ship Models viii. 85 Before we finish off our model with chain-plates, channels and a monkey rail around the poop aft, let us consider the question of anchors. 2004 D. W. Shaw Sea Wolf of Confederacy xiv. 133 Read clasped the monkey rail spanning the perimeter of the poop deck to steady himself. < as lemmas |
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