单词 | otter-board |
释义 | otter-boardn.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > other hide-working equipment beaming-knife1530 scutching knife1688 bark-mill1749 otter-board1771 barkometer1821 belt knife1831 hide-worker1885 down-puller1971 society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering dimensions > [noun] > stretcher > types of otter-board1771 wire-stretcher1875 wire-strainer1882 1771 G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) I. 23 In the afternoon the sawyers were picking oakum, and the furriers making otterboards. 2. Either of the two boards or metal plates attached to the ends of a trawl net to keep it open; = door n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other parts of net foot rope1750 stretcher1823 bridle1828 foot line1845 otter-boardc1870 c1870 J. N. Hearder Guide Sea Fishing & Rivers S. Devon (ed. 5) 35 Otter trawl, improved construction, with otter boards. 1904 Daily Chron. 21 Nov. 5/7 He lost his otter-board and had to put a new trawl on next morning. 1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep xiii. 247 Look at the trawl. It's absurd. It has no otter-boards... There's something wrong with this ship. 1997 D. Hansen Sole Survivor xvi. 190 Almost immediately Shimojo felt the boat shudder, seem to pull up, then surge forward as the otter boards..turned side-on before straightening. 3. Angling. A piece of fishing tackle consisting of a board with several baited hooks attached. Cf. otter n.1 5a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun] > kind of prick-tackle1463 ledger-tackle1653 fly-tackle1834 otter1834 bait-tackle1835 paternoster tackle1852 spinning-tackle1856 otter-line1862 traveller1864 skate1882 sea-ledger1887 otter1898 otter-board1901 ripper1925 salmon tackle- 1901 Field 5 Jan. 19/2 The otter-board was only employed..upon those lakes where the trout were indifferent to the angler's flies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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