| 单词 | viol-block |
| 释义 | > as lemmasviol-block General attributive, esp. in viol-block. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > for raising anchor viol-block1670 cat-block1769 1670 [see main sense]. 1694 in Navy Board Lett. xxix. 833 Blocks. Vyoll, of 54 inch. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxii. 273 He may man his capstans and viol-block, if he wool; but he'll as soon heave up the Pike of Teneriff, as bring his anchor aweigh! 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 157 Voyol or Viol Block is a large single-sheaved block... It is used in heaving up the anchor. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Viol or Voyol Block, a large single-sheaved block through which the messenger passed when the anchor was weighed by the fore or jeer capstan. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. This voyal-purchase.] < as lemmas |
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