单词 | stouter |
释义 | stoutern. (See quot. 1792) ? Obsolete. Cf. strouter n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > shoring round stouter1792 strouter1895 1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. I. Gloss. p. xv Stouter, very strong shores, which are placed round the head of a stage or wharf, to prevent them from being damaged by ships or boats. 1819 L. A. Anspach Hist. Island Newfoundland 430 The place where the operation of curing the cod-fish is performed, is a stage or covered platform erected on the shore, with one end projecting over the water, which is called the stage-head, and which is fortified with stouters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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