| 单词 | pound-boat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspound-boat pound-boat n. North American (now chiefly historical) a flat-bottomed centreboard boat used (esp. on the Great Lakes) for carrying fish from pound nets to the shore. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels which store, freeze, or transport fish well-boat1614 fish-pool1718 sack ship1732 well smack?1758 carrier1825 sale-boat1840 ice boat1846 plunger1860 runner1881 pound-boat1884 run boat1884 fish-carrier1886 smacka1891 shacker1902 Klondiker1926 factory trawler1928 1884 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 700 Lake Erie pound boat... Their peculiar construction enables them to carry large quantities of fish in shallow water and to lift the bowl of the pounds without upsetting. 1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 359 It [sc. a whale]..was towed with some difficulty by two large power pound-boats to the beach. 1979 Upper Penins. Sunday Times (Escanaba, Mich.) 7 Jan. c3/3 The fishing fleet consisted of seventy steamers, almost 600 sail boats, more than 300 pound boats, and 546 skiffs. 2005 Daily Press (Newport, Va.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. c14 The boat is a replica of the pound boat that was built and used by the local fishermen. < as lemmas |
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