| 单词 | banking schooner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbanking schooner 3. Fishing in the Grand Banks area off the coast of Newfoundland. Frequently attributive, as banking schooner, banking fleet, etc. Cf. bank fishing n. (a) at bank n.1 Compounds 2, banker n.3 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > sea-fishing > on bank bank fishing1611 bank fishery1693 banking1794 1794 A. Thomas Newfoundland Jrnl. (1968) xii. 168 The functions of the Admiral is very great if he goes to Sea a Banking. 1842 J. A. Park Law Marine Insur. I. ii. 100 §2 Upon their arrival, ships are..employed in banking. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. ii. ii. 560 Ships arriving on the coast..to be employed for some time in fishing on the banks (called banking). 1890 J. S. Winter et al. French Treaty Rights in Newfoundland 101 The recent action of the French banking fleet in coming into the harbours of our south-west coast. 1911 J. D. Rogers Hist. Geogr. Brit. Colonies V. iv. ix. 199 Sealing and banking were just compatible; for sealing began at the end of February and ended in May. 1999 Fiddlehead (Newfoundland Issue) Autumn 49 He would only be staying in Trepassey until the banking schooner picked him up on her way back to Nova Scotia. < as lemmas |
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