sea-islandadj.n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., island n.

Etymology: < sea n. + island n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-island.

A. adj.

The designation of a fine variety of cotton, Gossypium barbadense, distinguished by long silky fibres, grown on the islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, now also acclimatized in other countries. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [noun] > other

broach1617

sea-island1803

Sakellaridis1912

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of

lump cotton1640

cotton shrub1752

kidney-cotton1789

nankeen cotton1797

sea-island1803

shrub cotton1858

tree cotton1884

Pima1914

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [adjective] > of or relating to other fibre or thatch-yielding plants

kapok1735

sea-island1834

kie-kie1847

yedda1918

sweet-grass1926

1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. 78 Of cotton there are two kinds; the sea-island and the island. The first is the most valuable.

1807 Salmagundi 15 Oct. 327 The lady of a Southern planter will..trail a bale of sea-island cotton at her heels.

1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) 436 at Cotton The best of the first [sc. long stapled cotton] is the sea-island cotton, or that brought from the shores of Georgia.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 344 Having a breadth varying from ¹/ ₈₀₀ of an inch in the strongest Smyrna or candle-wick cotton of the Levant, to ¹/ ₂₅₀₀ of an inch in the finest Sea-island.

1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 438/1 The sea-island plant yields about 125 or 130 pounds of clean ginned cotton per acre.

1934 National Geographic Mag. Feb. 260/2 At Hampton Point and Retreat the first sea-island cotton was grown from seeds introduced from the island of Anguilla, in the West Indies.

1970 Observer 15 Mar. 48/6 (advt.) Shirts and pyjamas made to measure, sea island poplins..pure silk.

1977 P. Moyes To kill Coconut xiii. 180 Sea Island isn't grown only in the Caribbean.

B. n.

An offshore mooring station where oil tankers can discharge their cargo and from which the oil can be pumped ashore.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > place for > for oil tankers

sea-island1975

1975 Offshore Engineer Sept. 17 (caption) When linked to the ‘sea islands’ already installed, it will be more than 1 km long.

1979 F. Forsyth Devil's Alternative ix. 218 They berthed at ‘sea islands’, networks of pipes on stilts, well out to sea, from which their oil could be pumped ashore.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sea-island
释义	sea-islandadj.n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., island n. Etymology: < sea n. + island n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-island. A. adj. The designation of a fine variety of cotton, Gossypium barbadense, distinguished by long silky fibres, grown on the islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, now also acclimatized in other countries. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [noun] > other broach1617 sea-island1803 Sakellaridis1912 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of lump cotton1640 cotton shrub1752 kidney-cotton1789 nankeen cotton1797 sea-island1803 shrub cotton1858 tree cotton1884 Pima1914 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [adjective] > of or relating to other fibre or thatch-yielding plants kapok1735 sea-island1834 kie-kie1847 yedda1918 sweet-grass1926 1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. 78 Of cotton there are two kinds; the sea-island and the island. The first is the most valuable. 1807 Salmagundi 15 Oct. 327 The lady of a Southern planter will..trail a bale of sea-island cotton at her heels. 1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) 436 at Cotton The best of the first [sc. long stapled cotton] is the sea-island cotton, or that brought from the shores of Georgia. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 344 Having a breadth varying from ¹/ ₈₀₀ of an inch in the strongest Smyrna or candle-wick cotton of the Levant, to ¹/ ₂₅₀₀ of an inch in the finest Sea-island. 1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 438/1 The sea-island plant yields about 125 or 130 pounds of clean ginned cotton per acre. 1934 National Geographic Mag. Feb. 260/2 At Hampton Point and Retreat the first sea-island cotton was grown from seeds introduced from the island of Anguilla, in the West Indies. 1970 Observer 15 Mar. 48/6 (advt.) Shirts and pyjamas made to measure, sea island poplins..pure silk. 1977 P. Moyes To kill Coconut xiii. 180 Sea Island isn't grown only in the Caribbean. B. n. An offshore mooring station where oil tankers can discharge their cargo and from which the oil can be pumped ashore. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > place for > for oil tankers sea-island1975 1975 Offshore Engineer Sept. 17 (caption) When linked to the ‘sea islands’ already installed, it will be more than 1 km long. 1979 F. Forsyth Devil's Alternative ix. 218 They berthed at ‘sea islands’, networks of pipes on stilts, well out to sea, from which their oil could be pumped ashore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1803
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