单词 | tide-gate |
释义 | † tide-gaten.1 Obsolete. = tideway n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] meatusc1425 channel1427 canal1542 tide-gate1589 euripe1600 Euripus1601 interflow1610 sleeve1614 tides-way1627 gat1723 tideway1798 lane1835 seaway1866 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 113 Like vnto a streame or tyde gate. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 8 Now..graueld vp, and the streame or tyde-gate turned another way. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tidegate, in Navigation is where the Tide runs strongest. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Tide When the Tide runs very strong, they call it a Tide Gate. 1711 R. Sibbald Descr. Isles Shetland 3 in Descr. Isles Orknay & Zetland The Rousts and high tide-gates of the Sea about the Promontories and the Isles. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). tide-gaten.2 A gate through which the water passes into a dock or the like at flood-time, and by which it is retained during the ebb. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Tidegate, a gate through which the tide passes into a bason. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 410/2 As the embankments rise, the tide-gates will be arranged so as to regulate the quantity of water inside the bays. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tide-gate, the entrance gate of a dock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.11589n.21755 |
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