单词 | tongkang |
释义 | tongkangn. A seagoing barge used as a cargo boat in the Malay archipelago. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > other types of barge coal barge1720 budgerow1727 water1727 brick barge1738 tent-barge1796 water barge1798 passage-barge1804 steam barge1812 schooner barge1819 tongkang1834 bumbarge1839 Tom Pudding1880 grain-barge1902 butty1923 support barge1967 reel barge1972 1834 Singapore Chron. 2 Jan. 3/2 The fourth [race] was a sailing match, between several tonkangs or cargo-boats. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 383/2 Tongkang, a kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Eastern archipelago. 1892 Nautical Mag. Dec. 1155 Hydra, s.s. and a tongkang, in collision in Singapore Harbour. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 July 503/1 A string of big, heavy tongkangs, towed by a puffing launch. 1950 People (Austral.) 11 Oct. 16/2 It was a hazardous adventure but they brought it off in spectacular fashion, first by sampan and then by tongkan. 1972 Straits Times (Malaysia) 25 Nov. 87/2 Liew Kim..later became a trishaw puller and a tongkang builder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1834 |
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