单词 | stevedore |
释义 | stevedoren. A workman employed either as overseer or labourer in loading and unloading the cargoes of merchant vessels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [noun] > person who loads or unloads ships lumper1785 stevedore1788 docker1887 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who load or unload lader1542 ballast heaver?1780 stevedore1788 longshoreman1792 longshore1857 slinger1881 gangway man1915 1788 Massachusetts Spy 10 July 2/3 Stowadores. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stevedore, one whose occupation is to stow goods, packages, &c. in a ship's hold. New York. 1850 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 54/1 Up mounted four or five..stevedores [Cape Town]. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvii. 181 We scrambled off over the ice together, much like a gang of stevedores going to work over a quayful of broken cargo. 1870 Standard 17 Nov. The plaintiff was employed by Kennedy, a stevedore, in unloading the steam ship Sutherland. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 6 The litter of cases, bales, etc., about the deck was fast disappearing under the strenuous exertions of the stevedores. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). stevedorev. 1. transitive. To stow (cargo) in a ship's hold. Cf. steeve v.2 ΚΠ 1862 U.S. Congress in De Vere Americanisms (1872) 637 Sugar..not stevedored. 2. transitive. To load or unload the cargo of (a ship). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo stevedore1879 1879 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 678 A contract that the Defendant would not stevedore any ship which by the agreement is allotted to the Plaintiff. Derivatives ˈstevedoring n. the action of the verb; also the charge for handling cargo. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo lumping1861 stevedoring1879 longshoring1926 downloading1962 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > carriage of goods, etc. > by ship > for loading or unloading lighterage1483 stevedorage1860 stevedoring1879 1879 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 4 675 The stevedoring of all ships not consigned to any of such firms should be undertaken by the parties..in turn. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 7/1 Four or five shillings, without any freight or tonnage, or pilotage or stevedoring,..is simply prohibitive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1788v.1862 |
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