英语词汇“holystone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

holystone

/ˈhəʊlɪstəʊn

chiefly historical

noun

A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the decks of ships.The only noises were the holystones being dragged back and forth, the wind in the rigging, the creaking of the ship, and Hornblower's footsteps across the quarter-deck....

We junior cadets were made to go down on our knees in rows and scrub the wooden decks with holystones in a to and fro motion.

verb [with object]

Scour (a deck) with a holystone.The men holystoning the deck went at it with a will....

Alternatively, I also have a thing about random whippings such as might be done by a bosuns mate with a rope's end on board ship, as the men were holystoning the decks.
The decks of this late Victorian Navy were holystoned white.

Origin

Early 19th century: probably from holy + stone. Sailors called the stones ‘bibles’ or ‘prayer books’, perhaps because they scrubbed the decks on their knees.

单词	holystone
释义	holystone /ˈhəʊlɪstəʊn / chiefly historical noun A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the decks of ships.The only noises were the holystones being dragged back and forth, the wind in the rigging, the creaking of the ship, and Hornblower's footsteps across the quarter-deck.... We junior cadets were made to go down on our knees in rows and scrub the wooden decks with holystones in a to and fro motion. verb [with object] Scour (a deck) with a holystone.The men holystoning the deck went at it with a will.... Alternatively, I also have a thing about random whippings such as might be done by a bosuns mate with a rope's end on board ship, as the men were holystoning the decks. The decks of this late Victorian Navy were holystoned white. Origin Early 19th century: probably from holy + stone. Sailors called the stones ‘bibles’ or ‘prayer books’, perhaps because they scrubbed the decks on their knees.
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