| 单词 | trinity house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTrinity House Trinity House n. shortened title of a guild or fraternity originally established at Deptford, incorporated in the reign of Henry VIII, formerly having the official regulation of British shipping, and now chiefly concerned with the licensing of pilots and the erection and maintenance of lighthouses, buoys, and other aids to navigation, on the coasts of England and Wales. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > regulatory authorities Trinity House1566 pilotage1811 Lloyd's Register (of Shipping)1819 Shipping Board1919 1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 13 §1 The..Mayster Wardens and Assistauntes of the Trinytie Howse..shall..set up suche..Beakons, Markes and Signes for the Sea..as to them shall seeme moost meete. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 339/1 A Master is to be chosen by the Trinity-House. 1842 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 29 Apr. (1980) 17 The Trinity-House steamer goes with us. 1979 Bull. Yorks. Dial. Soc. Summer 9 The station at the time was controlled by the Hull Trinity House. < as lemmas |
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