| 单词 | wooden walls |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswooden walls wooden walls (applied to ships): see wooden adj.extracted from walln.1wooden walls wooden walls n. [after ξύλινον τεῖχος Herodotus vii. 141] ships or shipping as a defensive force. (Rarely in singular) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > [noun] > the British navy > as defence wall1436 wooden walls1598 iron walls1835 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies To Rdr. sig. A3/2 Our Wodden Walles (as Themistocles called the Ships of Athens). 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 468 Ships..bee the wodden walles for defence of our Realme. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 268 Our carnall confidence and security in the strength of our woodden and watery walls. c1645 in A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 55 Your stone and wooden wall Shall not defend you, but shall then Begin to sink and fall. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 248 Our wooden walls are our bulwarks and redoubts, to which we owe our safety. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Building of Ship in Seaside & Fireside 11 Every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the wooden wall! 1862 Gen. P. Thompson in Bradford Advertiser 26 Apr. 6/1 Your wooden walls wherein was your trust, have become fit only for firewood, or at most for transports. < as lemmas |
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