| 单词 | sink-box |
| 释义 | > as lemmassink-box sink-box n. U.S. (now rare) a hide partially buried in sand or submerged in water, which serves to conceal a hunter of wildfowl; (also) = sink boat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel used for wildfowl shooting sink1793 mudboat1824 sink boat1850 sneak-boat1850 sink-box1864 sneak-box1879 1864 H. P. Batcheler Jonathan at Home viii. 162 They make use of sink boxes... This ingenious contrivance is a sort of punt, sharp at each end, and so constructed that it sinks in the water nearly to its level, and hides its occupant from his victims. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxv. 252 The usual method of taking canvas-back in the West is by the aid of decoys, shooting..from a sink-box. 2003 C. J. Sullivan Waterfowling on Chesapeake 1819–1936 44 The sinkbox was designed for one purpose—to assist hunters in killing ducks—and its success was unprecedented. < as lemmas |
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