seaplanen.

Brit.

/ˈsiːpleɪn/, U.S.

/ˈsiˌpleɪn/

Etymology: < sea n. + plane n.⁵

An aeroplane designed to be able to operate from water; spec. one with floats, in contrast to a flying boat.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > sea-plane

flying boat1903

hydro-aeroplane1909

hydroplane1911

waterplane1912

airboat1913

seaplane1913

float-seaplane1919

cabin cruiser1921

float-plane1922

1913 W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 17 July 1501 We have decided to call the naval hydroplane a seaplane, and the ordinary aeroplane or school machine, which we use in the Navy, simply a plane.

1913 Aeroplane 25 Dec. 676/1 Our constructors did not know how bad the French sea-planes were.

1914 Daily Express 2 Nov. 5/2 The old cruiser Hermes..had been recently used as a seaplane-carrying ship.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Oct. 12/3 Seaplane stations have been established by the Air Board of Canada.

1938 Sun (Baltimore) 21 July 1/8 Hooked together—the seaplane Mercury above and the flying boat Maia below—the two planes rose from the river Shannon this evening.

1973 D. Kyle Suvarov Affair xiv. 173 He..decided to drop down to the seaplane station at Port Hardy, refuel and report.

Compounds

seaplane carrier n. a ship equipped to launch seaplanes, either by lifting the aircraft onto the water by means of a crane, or from a flying-off deck.

ΚΠ

1914 Times 16 Mar. 8/5 (headline) The seaplane carrier. A new factor in naval warfare.

1917 W. L. Wade Flying Bk. 12 The big cruising sea~plane, operating either from port or from a seaplane carrier.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station i. 39 The Hermes continued to act as a seaplane-carrier till October 30, 1914.

1954 P. K. Kemp Fleet Air Arm 87 Three cross-Channel steamers were taken up to be transformed into seaplane carriers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seaplane
释义	seaplanen. Brit. /ˈsiːpleɪn/, U.S. /ˈsiˌpleɪn/ Etymology: < sea n. + plane n.⁵ An aeroplane designed to be able to operate from water; spec. one with floats, in contrast to a flying boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > sea-plane flying boat1903 hydro-aeroplane1909 hydroplane1911 waterplane1912 airboat1913 seaplane1913 float-seaplane1919 cabin cruiser1921 float-plane1922 1913 W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 17 July 1501 We have decided to call the naval hydroplane a seaplane, and the ordinary aeroplane or school machine, which we use in the Navy, simply a plane. 1913 Aeroplane 25 Dec. 676/1 Our constructors did not know how bad the French sea-planes were. 1914 Daily Express 2 Nov. 5/2 The old cruiser Hermes..had been recently used as a seaplane-carrying ship. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Oct. 12/3 Seaplane stations have been established by the Air Board of Canada. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 21 July 1/8 Hooked together—the seaplane Mercury above and the flying boat Maia below—the two planes rose from the river Shannon this evening. 1973 D. Kyle Suvarov Affair xiv. 173 He..decided to drop down to the seaplane station at Port Hardy, refuel and report. Compounds seaplane carrier n. a ship equipped to launch seaplanes, either by lifting the aircraft onto the water by means of a crane, or from a flying-off deck. ΚΠ 1914 Times 16 Mar. 8/5 (headline) The seaplane carrier. A new factor in naval warfare. 1917 W. L. Wade Flying Bk. 12 The big cruising sea~plane, operating either from port or from a seaplane carrier. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station i. 39 The Hermes continued to act as a seaplane-carrier till October 30, 1914. 1954 P. K. Kemp Fleet Air Arm 87 Three cross-Channel steamers were taken up to be transformed into seaplane carriers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913
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