| 单词 | tripping-block |
| 释义 | > as lemmastripping-block attributive and in other combinations, as tripping-block; tripping-line n. Nautical a light line for tilting the yards (see trip v. 12); also, a line for manipulating a drogue. tripping string n. a line set by burglars to trip possible pursuers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > drogue > line for manipulating tripping-line1841 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > for raising, lowering, topping, or tripping yard martnet1582 tripping-line1841 snotter1846 yard-rope1850 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars > line to trip pursuers tripping string1891 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. iv. 26 What doe I know, whether..the Deuill hath set any tripping-blocke before me, where I may stumble and fall? 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. Tripping line, a line used for tripping a topgallant or royal yard in sending it down. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 260 Drogues..are towed..mouth foremost by a stout rope, a small line termed a tripping-line, being fastened to the apex. 1891 Daily News 31 Dec. 4/7 The doors..having first been securely fastened..and tripping strings having been stretched across the pathways and lawn. < as lemmas |
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