单词 | to clap aboard, on board |
释义 | > as lemmasto clap (a vessel) aboard, on board ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > come alongside to fight to board withc1460 boarda1513 to lay (a ship) aboard1569 to clap (a vessel) aboard, on board1583 to lay (a ship) on board1677 to lay close1799 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 88 b Foure or fiue..[men of warre] began to assayle her [the Gally] to haue clapt her a bord. a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. ix, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa2v/2 All your discretion Is not yet lost; this was well clapt aboard. 1671 London Gaz. No. 630/1 Finding the said ship a great way a sterne of the men of Warr, they clapped her on board, and..made themselves Masters of her. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World viii. 278 They clapp'd her on board, but not holding fast, they fell astern. < as lemmas |
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