单词 | can-buoy |
释义 | can-buoyn. Nautical. A large cone-shaped buoy, floated over sands, shallows, etc., and usually painted of a definite colour for purposes of recognition. (Formerly called can-bodies, Smyth, Sailor's Word-bk.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > other types of buoy can-buoy1626 mast-buoy1675 nun buoy1703 breakwater1769 under-buoy1793 light buoy1822 bell-buoy1838 spar-buoy1860 gas buoy1865 whistling buoy1880 puppy1890 singing-buoy1894 gas float1895 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 A boy, a can boy. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Buoy Can-buoys..are in the form of a cone, and of this construction are all the buoys which are floated over dangerous banks and shallows. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 317 The Black Can Buoy on the Black Tail Spit. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 108 Single-coloured can buoys..will mark the starboard side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1626 |
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