单词 | bower-cable |
释义 | > as lemmasbower-cable 2. More fully called bower-anchor, bower-cable. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > main or bower anchor plight-anchor1508 plicht?a1513 bow-anchor1627 best bowera1647 bower-anchor1652 bower1709 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > belonging to specific anchor sheet-cable1611 stream-cable1618 long service1662 bower-cable1748 sheet-shot1750 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 142. 2223 My..best bower Ancher hooked in one of his Ports. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 132 A violent gust of wind..instantly parted our small bower cable. 1779 C. Clerke Jrnl. 7 May in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 655 Part of the Ice..brought home our Small Bower Anchor. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 205 By sure bower-anchor hangs and swings the tight war-ship. < as lemmas |
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