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单词 boathouse
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boathousen.

Brit. /ˈbəʊthaʊs/, U.S. /ˈboʊtˌ(h)aʊs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.1, house n.1
Etymology: < boat n.1 + house n.1 Compare barge-house at barge n.1 Compounds.
A building at the edge of a river, lake, etc., used to house boats.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > boathouse
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1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. v. 1725 (margin) Boat-houses.
1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 397 I fell upon their out-Guard, in a place called the Boat-House, which was within Pistoll shot of the Castle.
1722 J. Swift Let. 22 Dec. (1963) II. 440 Is this a Time to build Boat-Houses, or pay for Carriage?
1776 P. P. Burdett Chart Mersey (ed. 2) in N. Leach Origins Life-boat Service (1992) iv. 22 On the Strand about a Mile below Formby Lower Land Mark there is a Boat House, and a boat kept ready to save lives.
1801 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 8 Dec. (1941) I. 89 Mary and William walked to the boat house at Rydale.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 248 A point of view presenting the boat-house, the water, the poplars.
1909 Chatterbox 47/1 I told him further to open the boathouse, instead of standing like a stock, as I wanted to moor the boat.
1948 Life 6 Sept. 54/1 (caption) Older boys can rent canoes, sailboats and rowboats at the nearby boathouses.
2009 Oxf. Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. University College boathouse in Oxford has received a top Civic Trust award for being among the best new buildings and renovations in the country.

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General attributive, as boathouse door, boathouse keeper, boathouse steps, etc.
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1752 Act 25 Geo. II c. 28 An Act for repairing the Post Road from the City of Edinburgh, through the Counties of Linlithgow and Sterling, from the Boathouse Ford, on Almond Water, and from thence to the Town of Linlithgow.
1778 Gentleman's & London Mag. June 364/1 His majesty..viewed the Reservoir, and the works in the boat-house channel.
1844 New-Hampsh. Statesman 25 Oct. The boat-house keeper and son about daylight attempted to swim across the creek.
1874 W. Collins Frozen Deep in Temple Bar Oct. 302 Our friend who never grumbles is surprised by the sudden appearance of a sailor at the boathouse door.
1885 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly July 119/2 Calla paused on the boathouse-steps waiting while Max bade the boatmen call.
1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. II. iii. xix. 230 And next to him the boathouse-keeper who had rented him the boat.
1996 Independent Rowing News Oct. 5/2 Hundreds of athletes who rowed in secondary school show up each fall at the boathouse doors of colleges and universities excited about rowing.
2001 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 2 Queensferry and District Pipe Band will lead participants on a parade down the High Street in the town before they head to the boathouse steps into the water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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