单词 | naval stores |
释义 | naval storesn. Articles or materials used in shipping or in the navy; spec. resinous products (as pitch, tar, turpentine, etc.) originally as used for waterproofing the hulls and rigging of wooden sailing vessels (see quot. 1989). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > ships' materials as object of trade marine stores1810 naval stores1896 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > supplies provisions small storesa1643 ship stores1785 naval stores1896 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 3 That the Smacks and small Vessels may..fetch in Provisions and Naval Stores uninterrupted. 1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 99 Be, then, the Naval Stores the Nations Care. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxvi. 159 The prices this nation might pay for naval stores. 1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 18 Apr. (1834) I. 169 Very considerable quantities of ginseng, naval stores, lumber, and provisions, were shipped. 1812 Examiner 12 Oct. 648/2 The other, a bombard, laden with naval stores, got aground. 1843 P. Hone Diary II. 194 This ship has taken out to England a cargo consisting of articles all (with the exception of the naval stores) of Northern production. 1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 472 The different resinous products of trade, which go under the name of ‘naval stores’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 460/2 Great possibilities were also shown for the production of lumber and naval stores. 1942 Sci. Illustr. Apr. 4/2 As processing aids, naval stores products are numbered among the many plasticizers, softeners, and tackifiers. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 39/1 The naval stores industry, whose principal products were tar, pitch, and turpentine, derives its name from the use of these products for waterproofing the rigging and hulls of early wooden sailing vessels. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 673/1 The government's need for naval stores, above all hemp, during the Napoleonic blockade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677 |
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