Indicating that an object is on the lee-side of a vessel, or to leeward of some other object, e.g. lee-bowline, lee-division, lee-gunwale, lee-rail…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at sides (7) lee-rail1513 Indicating that an object is on the lee-side of a vessel, or to leeward of some other object, e.g. lee-bowline, lee-division, lee-gunwale, lee-rail… waist1667 Nautical. In occasional uses: (a) plural = waist-rails, see waist-rail, n. 1; (b) each of the two sides of the waist. sheer-rail1769 (see quots.). rough-tree rail1780 a length of timber forming the upper rail of the bulwarks on a ship's side. foot rail1781 Nautical. A rail or raised section running along the edges of the deck of a ship, boat, etc., at foot height. waist-rail1804 Nautical. (See quot. 1867.) side rail1903 A rail placed or fixed at the side of something. |
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