单词 | abordage |
释义 | † abordagen. Obsolete. rare. An attack on a ship, in which it is boarded. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > coming alongside or boarding abordagec1550 boarding1591 entry1591 c1550 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 640 The master farther gettis of the ship takin be him and the companie, the best cabill and anchor for his abordage. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Boarding Abordage, an assault made by one ship upon another. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae iii. 54 When we must proceed on one of our abordages, the heart of Francis Burke was in his boots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1550 |
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