spanker-boomn.

Etymology: spanker n.¹ 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspanker-boom.

Nautical.

The boom on which the spanker is set.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > pole controlling position of sail > types of

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1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 261/2 Spanker-boom, gaff, and trysail-mast.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiii. 227 Perch yourself upon the spanker-boom, and let me know when you've rode to London.

1854 C. L. Balfour Working Women vi. 155 The next minute the spanker boom, an immense piece of timber, snapped like a reed.

attributive.1849 G. Cupples Green Hand iii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 204/1 Men at the taffrail, hauling on the spanker-boom guys.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 231 I crawled right aft to the taffrail, and quietly put the end of the spanker boom sheet over.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spanker-boom
释义	spanker-boomn. Etymology: spanker n.¹ 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspanker-boom. Nautical. The boom on which the spanker is set. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > pole controlling position of sail > types of portlof1432 outligger1481 bumkin?c1613 driver-boom1750 ringtail-boom1769 spanker-boom1813 swinging-boom1840 jackyard1862 whisker pole1954 wishbone1984 1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 261/2 Spanker-boom, gaff, and trysail-mast. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiii. 227 Perch yourself upon the spanker-boom, and let me know when you've rode to London. 1854 C. L. Balfour Working Women vi. 155 The next minute the spanker boom, an immense piece of timber, snapped like a reed. attributive.1849 G. Cupples Green Hand iii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 204/1 Men at the taffrail, hauling on the spanker-boom guys.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 231 I crawled right aft to the taffrail, and quietly put the end of the spanker boom sheet over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1813
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