单词 | timber-hitch |
释义 | > as lemmastimber-hitch timber-hitch n. a knot used in attaching a rope to a log or spar for hoisting or towing it: see quot. 1815. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > other knots water knot1496 draw knot1635 slip-knot1679 tie-knot1800 timber-hitch1815 thorough-put1829 fisherman's bendc1860 Celtic knot1865 lark's head1866 waterman's knot1866 packing knot1871 fisherman's knot1876 prusik knot1937 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) 195/2 A Timber Hitch..is made by taking the end of a rope round the spar, or timber head, leading it under and over the standing part, and passing several turns round its own part. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 2 What is a timber hitch used for? For bending to a spar, to haul it along, sending it aloft, &c. 1893 F. M. Crawford Children of King II. xii. 214 He slipped the line under the bags of ballast, and made a timber-hitch with the end, hauling it well taut. timber-hitch timber-hitch v. (transitive) to make fast with a timber-hitch. ΚΠ 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 87 The standing part is timber-hitched round the yard. < as lemmas |
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