outsteamv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈstiːm/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈstim/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, steam v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + steam v.

transitive. Of a ship: to steam faster or better than (another ship).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail faster than

outsail1580

to run out of sight1624

outsteam1861

1861 J. S. Palmer Let. 18 Nov. in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies War of Rebellion (U.S. Naval War Rec. Office) (1894) 1st Ser. I. 209 I feel more and more convinced that the Sumter will yet escape me, in spite of all our vigilance and zeal, even admitting that I can outsteam her, which is a question.

1862 Sat. Rev. 14 187/2 A ship big enough to eat her up, and also..to have outsailed and outsteamed her.

1864 in R. B. Harwell Union Reader (1958) 276 It is to be questioned whether the Alabama, with all her reputation for velocity, could, in her best trim, outsteam her rival.

1999 Re: SHP Etc in sci.military.naval (Usenet Newsgroup) 1 Mar. There are several incidents of British ships outsteaming Italian ones that were several knots faster by the published numbers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outsteam
释义	outsteamv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈstiːm/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈstim/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, steam v. Etymology: < out- prefix + steam v. transitive. Of a ship: to steam faster or better than (another ship). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail faster than outsail1580 to run out of sight1624 outsteam1861 1861 J. S. Palmer Let. 18 Nov. in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies War of Rebellion (U.S. Naval War Rec. Office) (1894) 1st Ser. I. 209 I feel more and more convinced that the Sumter will yet escape me, in spite of all our vigilance and zeal, even admitting that I can outsteam her, which is a question. 1862 Sat. Rev. 14 187/2 A ship big enough to eat her up, and also..to have outsailed and outsteamed her. 1864 in R. B. Harwell Union Reader (1958) 276 It is to be questioned whether the Alabama, with all her reputation for velocity, could, in her best trim, outsteam her rival. 1999 Re: SHP Etc in sci.military.naval (Usenet Newsgroup) 1 Mar. There are several incidents of British ships outsteaming Italian ones that were several knots faster by the published numbers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1861
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