rombowlinen.

Brit.

/rɒmˈbəʊlɪn/, U.S.

/ˌrɑmˈboʊlən/

Forms:

α. 1500s rombelon, 1500s rumbelo.

β. 1800s rhumbowline, 1800s rumbolin', 1800s rumboline, 1800s rumbowlin', 1800s rumbowling, 1800s– rombowline, 1800s– rumbowline.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare Middle Low German rumplinc kind of animal skins.The α. forms are perhaps influenced by rumbelow n., which is frequently attested in sailors' songs, although it is difficult to make a case for such influence on semantic grounds. The β. forms may be influenced by association with bowline n.¹ (compare bowline n.¹ 1, and forms at that entry).

Nautical. Now chiefly in historical contexts.

Rope or canvas which has become rotten; weak rope made from this (cf. twice-laid adj. a). Also in extended use: anything worthless or inferior; rubbish, trash (formerly occasionally spec. weak grog).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > [noun] > old canvas or rope

rombowline1557

1557 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 84 Hallffe a Fardle off Canvas otherwyse cawllyd Rombelon, iij li.

1564 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 199 Di' fard' of Rumbelo, iiij li x s.

1832 Metropolitan Mar. 300 See how he'll pick and pilfer the sense out o' every strand..and clinch the whole consarn by convartin' strong sense, and stronger proof, into rascally twicelaid or rotten rumbolin'.

1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 120 Rombowline, condemned canvas, rope, &c.

1860 J. M. Boyd Man. Naval Cadets (ed. 2) 149 Threads of an inferior quality wrought into the form of rope are called Rumboline, or twice laid.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 216 Rumbowling, anything inferior or adulterated.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 580 The refuse [is worked] into rumbowline for temporary purposes, not demanding strength.

1909 F. M. Crawford Stradella xx. 348 It has probably been destroyed altogether, but Rome is a great place for treasuring rubbish and rombowline, and perhaps the old keyboard still exists.

1929 V. I. Cooper Windjamming to Fiji 114 In front of each hung a shabby bit of rombowline, dating from antiquity.

1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World i. 67 Looking along the deck of his ship, which might have come out of a particularly disruptive battle, with stores, cordage, spars, rumbowline and sailcloth lying about here and there in heaps.

2002 J. E. Fender Private Revol. Geoffrey Frost i. 8 Ye could have dropped them overboard wrapped in rumbowline with a few words from the Book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rombowline
释义	rombowlinen. Brit. /rɒmˈbəʊlɪn/, U.S. /ˌrɑmˈboʊlən/ Forms: α. 1500s rombelon, 1500s rumbelo. β. 1800s rhumbowline, 1800s rumbolin', 1800s rumboline, 1800s rumbowlin', 1800s rumbowling, 1800s– rombowline, 1800s– rumbowline. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare Middle Low German rumplinc kind of animal skins.The α. forms are perhaps influenced by rumbelow n., which is frequently attested in sailors' songs, although it is difficult to make a case for such influence on semantic grounds. The β. forms may be influenced by association with bowline n.¹ (compare bowline n.¹ 1, and forms at that entry). Nautical. Now chiefly in historical contexts. Rope or canvas which has become rotten; weak rope made from this (cf. twice-laid adj. a). Also in extended use: anything worthless or inferior; rubbish, trash (formerly occasionally spec. weak grog). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > [noun] > old canvas or rope rombowline1557 1557 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 84 Hallffe a Fardle off Canvas otherwyse cawllyd Rombelon, iij li. 1564 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 199 Di' fard' of Rumbelo, iiij li x s. 1832 Metropolitan Mar. 300 See how he'll pick and pilfer the sense out o' every strand..and clinch the whole consarn by convartin' strong sense, and stronger proof, into rascally twicelaid or rotten rumbolin'. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 120 Rombowline, condemned canvas, rope, &c. 1860 J. M. Boyd Man. Naval Cadets (ed. 2) 149 Threads of an inferior quality wrought into the form of rope are called Rumboline, or twice laid. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 216 Rumbowling, anything inferior or adulterated. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 580 The refuse [is worked] into rumbowline for temporary purposes, not demanding strength. 1909 F. M. Crawford Stradella xx. 348 It has probably been destroyed altogether, but Rome is a great place for treasuring rubbish and rombowline, and perhaps the old keyboard still exists. 1929 V. I. Cooper Windjamming to Fiji 114 In front of each hung a shabby bit of rombowline, dating from antiquity. 1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World i. 67 Looking along the deck of his ship, which might have come out of a particularly disruptive battle, with stores, cordage, spars, rumbowline and sailcloth lying about here and there in heaps. 2002 J. E. Fender Private Revol. Geoffrey Frost i. 8 Ye could have dropped them overboard wrapped in rumbowline with a few words from the Book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1557
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