| 单词 | boatswain's cradle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboatswain's cradle boatswain's cradle n. = boatswain's chair n.bosun's cradle is now the usual form: see bosun n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > boatswain's chair boatswain's cradle1861 bosun's cradle1928 1861 Shipwrecked Mariner Jan. 102 A means of escape to the crew and passengers..is open to all with the most perfect safety by a boatswain's cradle, basket, or slung cask, being attached to the hawser. 1938 H. V. Morton Through Lands of Bible ix. 305 This is the machine that was used to pull visitors up in a boatswain's cradle from the year 1600 until the British occupation of Egypt. < as lemmas |
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