| 单词 | waist-board |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaist-board waist-board n. Nautical (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > devices to protect ship from weather > board to keep water out set board1512 waist-board1627 washboard1753 water board1758 weatherboard1772 wash-strake1809 splash-board1907 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 9 The Waist boords are set vp in the Ships waist, betwixt the Gun-waile and the waist trees, but they are most vsed in Boats, set up alongst their sides to keepe the Sea from breaking in. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 170 A kind of waste Board, about Two Foot high, built up on the Sides, without any Caulking or Pitching, or any Thing to keep out the Water. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Waist-boards, the berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. < as lemmas |
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