| 单词 | to sound the well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sound the well a. Nautical. An enclosed space in the bottom of a ship containing the pump or its suction pipes, into which bilge water runs. to sound the well: to ascertain, by means of a sounding rod, the depth of water accumulated in the hold. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > vertical aperture > for a pump mitch1481 well1611 well-room1765 well hole1774 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > ascertain depth of water in hold to sound the well1762 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lossec, the sinke, or well, of the pumpe of a ship. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 11 The Pumpe, the pumpes well, the pumpes brake. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 9 The Dutch men vse a Burre pumpe..to pumpe vp the Billage water that..cannot come to the well. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 185 Well, a square Place, parted off and planked round the Main-mast from the Gundeck down to the Foot-waaling, to keep the Ballast, &c. from the Pumps placed therein. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 29 They sound the well. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 401 The ship seemed rapidly settling..yet no one dared to sound the well. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate iv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 35 The well was again sounded. Nine feet water in the hold. 1881 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. So long as the sounding-rod gave a dry well, the men's courage kept tolerably steadfast. 1942 W. Oakeshott Founded on Seas v. 65 At midnight Moone was to go down into the well of the ship and bore three holes near the keel, with a spike gimlet. 2009 G. Fremont-Barnes Nelson's Officers & Midshipmen 34 A lieutenant sent one of the carpenter's mates to sound the ship's well on two occasions during each watch. < as lemmas |
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