| 单词 | bosun's chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbosun's chair bosun's chair n. = boatswain's chair n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > seat > for use while working aloft boatswain's chair1856 seat-board1873 cradle1874 bosun's chair1878 1878 Literary World (Boston) July 21/3 She has..nerve to be hoisted to the masthead in a bo'son's chair. 1894 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide i. v. 77 He had a bo'sun's chair rigged over the rail..and went overboard with a pot of paint. 1930 ‘Greenhorn’ Tinker, Tailor vi. 134 We were swung alongside in a bosun's chair to scrape the dirt off the masts and spars. 1999 Descent Oct. 26 In 1900 Ernest A. Baker partly climbed the pitch and then was lowered on a rope: late that year he made a second trip using a bosun's chair. < as lemmas |
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