单词 | preventer-shroud |
释义 | > as lemmaspreventer-shroud preventer-shroud n. ΚΠ 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates xiii. 287 They took necessary Measures to secure the Mast, by making Preventor-Shrowds. 1741 E. Legge Let. 4 July in G. Williams Doc. relating to Anson's Voy. (1967) 90 All our shrouds, swifters and backstays broke except one pair of preventer shrouds. 1866 tr. V. Hugo Toilers of Sea ii. i. ix. 91/1 Preventer-shrouds, down-hauls, snatch-blocks,..if they were not completely damaged by the storm, occupied different compartments. 1961 C. Gill Merchants & Mariners 18th Cent. vi. 69 If it had not been for the preventer shrouds put up when the ship was in Table Bay..the main-mast would have been lost. < as lemmas |
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