| 单词 | to pipe down the hammocks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pipe down the hammocks 1. transitive. Nautical. To dismiss (a crew) by sounding the boatswain's pipe; frequently in imperative. to pipe down the hammocks: to give the signal for the crew to retire for the night. Cf. pipe down n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound whistle as signal > dismiss by whistle to pipe down1798 1798 L. Gillespie Advice to Commanders & Officers 22 At four o'clock, P.M. the hammocks should regularly be piped down. 1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1941) III. 34 No person is to go below from his station..before the people are piped down. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xi. 145 The hammocks were piped down..and the ship was once more quiet. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxxiii. 165 ‘Pipe down!’ cried the Captain, and the crew slowly dispersed. 1902 Our Naval Apprentice (U.S.) Aug. 2 When hammocks are piped down the boys sling their hammocks, arrange their bed-clothes and prepare their sleeping places. 1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) ix. 247 When you consider what the lower deck is like..the cloud of witnesses when hammocks are piped down. < as lemmas |
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