packet-shipn.

Brit.

/ˈpakɪtˌʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈpækətˌʃɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: packet n., ship n.¹

Etymology: < packet n. + ship n.¹ Compare earlier packet-boat n., packet n. 2.

= packet-boat n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat

post-boat1582

post-bark1599

post1600

post packet1634

packet-boat1642

packeta1670

post office packet1780

packet-ship1782

packet-bark1806

packet steamer1842

sailing-packet1842

mailboat1895

multipacket1965

1782 R. Morris Let. 7 Oct. in J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1891) II. 349 Joshua Barney..[is] now commanding the Packet Ship General Washington.

1837 A. Langton Jrnl. in Gentlewoman Upper Canada (1950) 9 I should strongly recommend avoiding a crowded packet-ship..or perhaps a packet-ship at all.

1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 166/1 [We were] writing in the cabin of a packet-ship bound from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.

1940 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 27 299 Just as regularly as that noble packet-ship, the ‘Screw’, eventuated a spanker, so, [etc.].

2000 Cornish World Oct. 22/2 It [sc. Falmouth] is also steeped in the romance of the Packet Ship days, when fast sailing ships took news and mail around the world to Britain's blossoming empire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	packet-ship
释义	packet-shipn. Brit. /ˈpakɪtˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpækətˌʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: packet n., ship n.¹ Etymology: < packet n. + ship n.¹ Compare earlier packet-boat n., packet n. 2. = packet-boat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat post-boat1582 post-bark1599 post1600 post packet1634 packet-boat1642 packeta1670 post office packet1780 packet-ship1782 packet-bark1806 packet steamer1842 sailing-packet1842 mailboat1895 multipacket1965 1782 R. Morris Let. 7 Oct. in J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1891) II. 349 Joshua Barney..[is] now commanding the Packet Ship General Washington. 1837 A. Langton Jrnl. in Gentlewoman Upper Canada (1950) 9 I should strongly recommend avoiding a crowded packet-ship..or perhaps a packet-ship at all. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 166/1 [We were] writing in the cabin of a packet-ship bound from New York to Charleston, South Carolina. 1940 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 27 299 Just as regularly as that noble packet-ship, the ‘Screw’, eventuated a spanker, so, [etc.]. 2000 Cornish World Oct. 22/2 It [sc. Falmouth] is also steeped in the romance of the Packet Ship days, when fast sailing ships took news and mail around the world to Britain's blossoming empire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
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