| 单词 | navy board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnavy board navy board n. (also Navy Board) (a) an administrative board of the British Navy (merged with the Admiralty in 1832); the Lords Commissioner of the Navy (now historical); (b) an administrative board in charge of U.S. naval affairs; the board of commissioners in the U.S. Navy Department (now historical); (c) (more generally) the governing body of any navy, the members of such a body considered collectively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > Admiralty admiralty1459 navy board1681 Navy Department1779 minister of marine1782 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British admiralty1459 ordnance1485 Navy Office1660 navy board1681 patent office1696 excise-office1698 Treasury Office1706 Plantation Office1708 stamp office1710 War Office1721 India Office1787 home office1795 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues1803 the Stamps1820 Welsh Office1852 W.O.1860 Local Government Board1871 pall-mall1880 Scottish Office1883 Ministry of Munitions1915 War House1925 Min of Ag1946 Mintech1967 DOE1972 Manpower Services Commission1973 1681 J. Evelyn Let. 6 Dec. in S. Pepys Private Corr. (1926) I. 16 I know it has ben wondered upon what pretence I should have sought to sit at the Navy-board. 1777 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 464 I had the boldness to make a motion that a navy board should be established at Boston. 1872 Harper's Mag. Dec. 94/1 For years the old Navy Board controlled the service in every respect. 1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain vi. 165 I should not like to have the name of a..shilly-shallying, missish ‘son of a bitch’ at the Navy Board. 1995 Oxf. Illustr. Hist. Royal Navy 121 The Commissioners of the Navy (the Navy Board) continued to bear the main burden of naval administration. < as lemmas |
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