单词 | quarter fast |
释义 | > as lemmasquarter fast quarter fast n. ΚΠ 1834 Naut. Mag. Sept. 514 It was necessary to..use these cables, which is much preferable to laying an anchor out for the larboard quarter-fast. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 117 Fast, a rope or chain by which a vessel is secured to a wharf or quay. They are called bow, head, quarter, and stern fasts. 1849 W. J. S. Pullen Jrnl. 22 Aug. in R. Maguire Jrnl. (1988) II. 457 All the boats [were]..swamped..by a sudden shift of wind..breaking their quarter fasts. 1913 B. Heckstall-Smith Dixon Kemp's Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 11) 720/2 Quarter Fast.—A warp or rope made fast to the quarter. < as lemmas |
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