| 单词 | to moor a proviso |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto moor a proviso A hawser attached to the shore to help steady a moored vessel. Chiefly in to moor a proviso. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > large hawser1338 hawse1598 proviso1625 swing1850 1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (MS BL Add. 21571) f. 95v If..[a ship] have but one [anchor] a-grounde and a Hawser a Shore (which is called a Proviso)..Shee is Moored with her head to the Shore. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 45 To more a Prouiso, is to haue one anchor in the riuer, and a hawser a shore, which is mored with her head a shore. 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. (at cited word) To Moor a Proviso, is to have one Anchor out, and a Hawser a-shore; then the Ship is Moord with her Head a Shore. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Proviso, in the Sea Phrase, for a Ship to Moor a Proviso, is for her to have one Anchor out, and also a Hawser ashore, and so she is moored with her Head to the Shore with two Cables. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Proviso, a stern-fast or hawser carried to the shore to steady by. A ship with one anchor down and a shore-fast is moored a proviso. < as lemmas |
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