单词 | mud-box |
释义 | mud-boxn. Nautical. A box containing a coarse filter used to trap sediment in bilge water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > filters or strainers for pumps, pipes, etc. mud-box1860 rose box1872 strum1894 1860 Sci. Amer. 11 Aug. 107/1 A mud-box at the bottom of the vertical cylinder serves to collect the impurities which may precipitate from the water. 1883 A. E. Seaton Man. Marine Engin. xii. 231 Mud boxes. Between the directing box and the pump should be fitted a box with a strainer, which shall intercept such solid matter as would derange the pump valves. 1972 B.S.I. News Oct. 28/2 Mudboxes intended for the coarse filtration of bilge water which accumulates in ships' machinery spaces. 1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xx. 202 She loved bein with her Dad, watchin him cleanin the hinjin or clearin out the mud-box. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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