单词 | quaymaster |
释义 | quaymastern. A person in charge of a quay or quays in a port or harbour. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > harbour-master > [noun] > master of pier or wharf wharfinger1552 quaymaster1578 pierreeve1586 wharf-mastera1618 α. β. 1783 T. Mortimer Beawes's Lex Mercatoria Rediviva (ed. 4) 185 The Quay Masters..shall order all Masters, and other Persons having Charge of any Vessels, lying in the said Port or Harbour, to station, anchor, and moor the same, [etc.].1825 Trewman's Exeter Flying-post 10 Feb. Mr. W. L. Paige, late quay-master.1900 Times 23 Nov. 13/2 The quay-master was examined as to the arrangements for berthing ships.1999 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 20 July 14 Retired quay master Daniel Trout sailed a boat along Ferry Road when it flooded in the past.1578 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 58 Command givin to the key maister [in Campvere] to mak place to oure schippis..and als to se the schoir be weil ordorit. 1612 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 363 Thair keymaister [of Campvere]. 1654 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1938) VIII. 329 Receives Benjamin Huskens to be kiemaster in Leith. 1764 Newcastle Chron. No. 1. 2/2 Capt. Giles, Key-master here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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