单词 | brick barge |
释义 | brick bargen. Now historical. A flat-bottomed boat used to transport bricks, esp. along rivers and canals. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > other types of barge coal barge1720 budgerow1727 water1727 brick barge1738 tent-barge1796 water barge1798 passage-barge1804 steam barge1812 schooner barge1819 tongkang1834 bumbarge1839 Tom Pudding1880 grain-barge1902 butty1923 support barge1967 reel barge1972 1738 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 18 Mar. On Thursday a Brick Barge, under Sail, coming down the River, run directly over the Wherry of one Thomas Jones, a Waterman of Lambeth. 1841 Morning Post 8 Nov. They appointed him as one of their tally-men or clerks on board the brick barges. 1936 Discovery Aug. 232/1 As for using it [sc. the Thames] for transport, that is left to P.L.A. tugs, brick-barges, and an occasional pleasure steamer. 2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 Oct. (Review section) 10 Here at low tide, by the wreck of a brick barge sunk before the war, they may sometimes still find ruby-red lustre tiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1738 |
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