单词 | rafting-up |
释义 | > as lemmasrafting-up The action of raft v.1 (in various senses); esp. the action of travelling by raft; the practice of this, esp. (typically undertaken in rapids) as a sport or pastime. Also rafting-up. ΚΠ 1697 H. Kelsey Jrnl. 16 Aug. in Kelsey Papers (1929) 95 Our 3 boats went to ten shilling creek to rafting. 1753 G. Washington Jrnl. in Writings (1889) I. 29 Crossing the Creek..was impossible, either by fording or rafting. c1778 in Atlantic Advocate (1964) July 59/1 Trimmed four-square and fit for rafting. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 167 Their first experiments at rafting..were so often unsuccessful. 1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 122 Is not rafting the cheapest mode? 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 256 This rafting had a fascination for me. 1920 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor ix. 180 On then swept the floe, crashed into the fixed ice, shattered its edge, rose up out of water over it, which is called ‘rafting’, forced itself on the unfortunate ship. 1926 C. Mair Mem. & Reminisc. in Tecumseh liii I loved the river life..the ‘drive’ in the spring and the ‘rafting-up’ at Arne Prior or elsewhere. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 54/1 (caption) Rafting is popular among Madison's Huck Finns. Older boys can rent canoes, sailboats and rowboats at the nearby boathouses. 1988 Nature 1 Sept. 11/2 This layer survived the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea..and subsequent rafting of the layer over the underlying mantle by continental drift. 2006 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 3/1 Mr Hodges..was on an excursion with Trek America, which organises ‘soft’ sports such as hiking, rafting and mountain-biking. < as lemmas |
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