† portoisen.

Forms: 1700s–1800s portoise, 1800s portaise.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to earlier port-last n. and portlof n.

Nautical. Obsolete.

The gunwale of a ship; = port-last n. a portoise: of a yard, lowered to the level of the gunwales.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost

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1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. iii. at Ride Ride a-Portoise, is when the Yards of a Ship are struck down upon the Deck; or when they are down a-Port-last.

1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. (at cited word) For a Ship to ride a Portoise, is to ride with her Yards a Portlast, or struck down on the Deck.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 255* Portoise, the same as Port-last.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Port-last, or Portoise, synonymous with gunwale.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	portoise
释义	† portoisen. Forms: 1700s–1800s portoise, 1800s portaise. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to earlier port-last n. and portlof n. Nautical. Obsolete. The gunwale of a ship; = port-last n. a portoise: of a yard, lowered to the level of the gunwales. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost walec1330 wale-stock1350 gunwale1466 port-last1612 planeshearc1620 planksheeringa1687 portoise1705 wale-piece1739 sheer-strake1805 sheer-wale1805 planksheer1827 sheer1841 covering-board1846 wale-streak1856 waling-piece1909 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. iii. at Ride Ride a-Portoise, is when the Yards of a Ship are struck down upon the Deck; or when they are down a-Port-last. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. (at cited word) For a Ship to ride a Portoise, is to ride with her Yards a Portlast, or struck down on the Deck. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 255* Portoise, the same as Port-last. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Port-last, or Portoise, synonymous with gunwale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1705
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