| 单词 | oyster boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyster boat oyster boat n. a boat (in U.S. also a floating house built on a raft) used in oyster fishing or oyster farming, or to carry oysters for sale. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans oyster boat1419 whelk-boat1419 dredger1600 lobster-boat1777 oyster scow1824 oysterer1828 shrimper1851 pungy1852 shrimp-boat1872 Morecambe Bay shrimper1874 crabber1883 skillinger1933 Morecambe Bay prawner1935 1419 in H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis (1859) I. 376 Item, oystrebot qui navigat in tholles dabit obolum. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Dvij He that spake of ye, was sellynge of a Cod, In an oyster bote, a lyttle beyonde quene hythe. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem i. 37 Some getting Oyster-Boats to Dreg, Some making Satyrs for to Beg. 1813 J. K. Paulding Lay of Sc. Fiddle i. 18 The sailors..urg'd in dreams the gallant chase Of oyster-boats far up the bay. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 392/2 Low, squat white oyster boats are constantly relocating and/or harvesting oysters in Gulf coastal waters. < as lemmas |
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