单词 | side-fish |
释义 | > as lemmasside-fish side-fish n. Nautical a piece of timber joined to the side of a mast or spar to give it the required thickness; usually in plural; cf. fish n.2 1. ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 15 Side-fishes are commonly sawed out of one tree, down the middle, and one-fourth the diameter of the mast set off on each side for the thickness. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 349/1 Side-fishes are long pieces of timber dove-tailed on the opposite sides of a made mast. 2014 W. L. Crothers Masting of Amer. Merchant Sail 1850s vi. 69/1 To attain the athwartship diameter of the bowsprit, two side-fishes the length of the bowsprit are fashioned. < as lemmas |
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