| 单词 | steeving |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsteeving ˈsteeving n.1 and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo > arranging or stowage of cargo rummaging1480 rummage1486 stowage1595 steeving1664 stowing1900 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows > upward inclination of bowsprit steeving1664 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [adjective] > inclining upwards (of bowsprit) steeving1893 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright iii. 8 Then for the steeving of him, and rounding the Knee, a regard must be had to the lying of the Boltspreet. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Steeving, the elevation of a ship's bowsprit above the stem, or the angle which it makes with the horizon. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §6 The sloping (or stiving of the rocks as it is technically called). 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 153 Stiving, the elevation of a ship's cathead or bowsprit; or the angle which either makes with the horizon. 1893 F. M. Crawford Children of King I. 6 The martinganes flatten in their jibs along their high steeving bowsprits and jib-booms. ˈsteeving ˈsteeving n.2 ΚΠ 1482 Patent Roll, 22 Edward IV 30 Apr. (P.R.O.: C 66/549) m. 24 Occupacionem vocat. le pressyng vel steuyng lanarum infra naues carracas siue galeas. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 102 Also the Merchants call the stowing of their Cottons (which they force in with skrewes so much that the Decks will rise 6, or 8, inches) Steveing of Cottons. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 89 As in Stowing (term'd Steaving) a Ship with Wool. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 328 All hands were called aboard to commence steeving. < as lemmas |
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