| 单词 | under canvas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder canvas b. under canvas: in a tent or tents. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adverb] > in tents under canvas1864 1864 Soc. Science Rev. 137 A life under canvas in the finer seasons of the year. 187. F. Griffiths Eng. Army i. 26 The residue lived all the year round under canvas. under canvas 3. spec. As material for sails; sail-cloth; hence, sails collectively. under canvas: with sails spread. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively sailc1385 canvas1609 linensa1640 cloth1651 white wings1778 clothing1798 muslin1822 sailage1889 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > material of sails sail canvas1482 polaine1582 canvas1609 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] under sailc893 canvas1873 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xv. 112 From the ladder tackle, washes off a canuas clymer. a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Sol. vii. 38 Pilots that are wise Proportion out their Canvase to the skies. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 59 To spread the flying Canvass . View more context for this quotation 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 86 From No. 1 to 6 is termed double, and above No. 6 single, canvas. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage iii. 32 We were obliged to reduce our canvas. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 52 Canvas is made in lengths of 40 feet called bolts..The stoutest is called No. 1, and so on in fineness to No. 8. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xv. 242 The small boat was put under canvas again. < as lemmas |
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