| 单词 | to enter by the hawse-holes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto enter (come, creep, get in) by the hawse-holes A cylindrical hole, of which there are two in the bows of a vessel, for the cable to run through. to enter (come, creep, get in) by the hawse-holes: to enter the service at the lowest grade, to rise from before the mast. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel > at bow or stern > for cables cat-holea1642 hawse-hole1664 bridle port1784 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 8 Provided that the Rails..fall not fowl of the halshols. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iv. 330 We made a great quantity of water through our hawse-holes. 1803 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 321 This..accident was owing to the hawse-holes being extremely large and low, the hawse-plugs not being in, and the holes being pressed under water by a crowd of sail on the ship. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvii. 283 Working my way up as regularly as one who gets in at the hawsehole and crawls aft to the cabin windows. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 341 Very few captains and flag-officers came in at the hawseholes. < as lemmas |
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