Carleyn.

/ˈkɑːli/

Etymology: < the name of an American, Horace S. Carley.

Used attributively (chiefly as Carley float) to designate a type of large raft carried on board ships for use in emergency (see quot. 1922). Also elliptical.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > lifeboat or raft

boatlOE

lifeboat1797

safety boat1814

life raft1819

life craft1844

raft1849

redningskoite1906

Carley float1915

crash boat1936

1903 U.S. Pat. 734,118 Horace S. Carley, of Hydepark, Massachusets, Assignor to Carley Life Float Company, of Philadelphia... I, Horace S. Carley,..have invented a new and useful Improvement in Life-Rafts.]

1915 Illustr. War News 26 May 23/2 Our illustration shows a valuable life-saving device in the form of the Calley [sic] Life-Buoys.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 451/1 The Carley Life Raft..is made in various sizes. A large copper pipe is bent into the form of an O, brazed up to be airtight, surrounded by cork and canvas, provided with a strong rope netting to form a floor within the O, and fitted with hand ropes, etc.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 82 ‘Carley Floats’, life-saving rafts of circular shape.

1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 131 A search..produced no more evidence of the catastrophe than two empty life-boats and a Carley float.

1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea iii. vi. 161 Alongside the boats were the Carley floats.

1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea iii. vi. 161 There were two Carleys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	carley
释义	Carleyn. /ˈkɑːli/ Etymology: < the name of an American, Horace S. Carley. Used attributively (chiefly as Carley float) to designate a type of large raft carried on board ships for use in emergency (see quot. 1922). Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > lifeboat or raft boatlOE lifeboat1797 safety boat1814 life raft1819 life craft1844 raft1849 redningskoite1906 Carley float1915 crash boat1936 1903 U.S. Pat. 734,118 Horace S. Carley, of Hydepark, Massachusets, Assignor to Carley Life Float Company, of Philadelphia... I, Horace S. Carley,..have invented a new and useful Improvement in Life-Rafts.] 1915 Illustr. War News 26 May 23/2 Our illustration shows a valuable life-saving device in the form of the Calley [sic] Life-Buoys. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 451/1 The Carley Life Raft..is made in various sizes. A large copper pipe is bent into the form of an O, brazed up to be airtight, surrounded by cork and canvas, provided with a strong rope netting to form a floor within the O, and fitted with hand ropes, etc. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 82 ‘Carley Floats’, life-saving rafts of circular shape. 1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 131 A search..produced no more evidence of the catastrophe than two empty life-boats and a Carley float. 1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea iii. vi. 161 Alongside the boats were the Carley floats. 1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea iii. vi. 161 There were two Carleys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1915
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