单词 | water barge |
释义 | water bargen.2 A barge used to transport water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > other types of barge coal barge1720 budgerow1727 water1727 brick barge1738 tent-barge1796 water barge1798 passage-barge1804 steam barge1812 schooner barge1819 tongkang1834 bumbarge1839 Tom Pudding1880 grain-barge1902 butty1923 support barge1967 reel barge1972 1798 tr. W. Oppenheim Geogr. & Statist. Acct. Cisalpine Republic 313 [In a list of occupations] Owners of water barges [Ger. Wasserbarkenbesitzer] 43 (fresh water being very scarce in Venice). 1838 Trav. Minna & Godfrey xxiv. 243 The poorer classes are obliged to content themselves with the water from the river Vecht... Our party had seen the large water-barges, used for its conveyance, in the canals. 1899 W. A. Johnston Hist. up to Date xxxvi. 161 The trip..was made almost without incident, save such slight mishaps as the loss of a water barge which one of the vessels had in tow. 1918 Qua Iboe Mission Q. Feb. 121/2 Water-barges to replenish our tanks were soon alongside. 2006 C. R. Murphy Children of Alcatraz viii. 55 Government officials cut off the water barge to try and force protestors to vacate the island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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