单词 | parliament heel |
释义 | > as lemmasparliament heel ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > cleaning and recoating bottom > tilting ship to clean side parliament heel1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Ee2 Parliament-heel, the situation of a ship, when she is made to stoop a little to one side, so as to clean the upper part of her bottom on the other side. 1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Hist. Europe 225*/2 The Royal George..should receive a sort of slight careen, which the seamen..call a parliament heel. < as lemmas |
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