单词 | prowed |
释义 | > as lemmasprowed prowed adj. having a prow, esp. of a specified kind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having a prow prowed1788 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xliii. 387 The departure of Zabergan was hastened by the report, that double-prowed vessels were built on the Danube to intercept his passage. 1884 A. J. Evans in Archaeologia (1885) 49 46 A wooden bridge..supported on pillars..prowed so as to look like a row of vessels breasting the current. 1920 Classical Rev. 34 183/1 One often wonders how they managed at all with the old broad prowed vessels with their clumsy hand steering-gear. 1975 J. Gores Hammett xix. 132 Sharp-prowed racing sloops..flashed dripping flanks at them. 2004 Independent 15 May (Review section) 9/1 High-prowed vessels powered by enormous outboard engines. < as lemmas |
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