| 释义 |
ranterpike Now Hist.|ˈræntəpaɪk|
Also rantipike.
[Origin unknown.]
(See quot. 1948.) Also attrib.
1892L. Anderson Among Typhoons & Pirate Craft 38 Like the Ranterpikes, that used to ply between Liverpool and Glasgow, before the day of steamers, there was no taking in sail here as long as she would stand up to it. 1929Mariner's Mirror XV. 316/1 They were two of the famous Ranterpikes employed carrying pig-iron and heavy castings to Liverpool. Ibid., The correct name is Ranterpike, not Rantipike. 1948R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 579/2 Ranterpike, three-masted topsail schooner or brigantine of the River Clyde of about 250 tons... These vessels were generally engaged in the transportation of pig iron from Glasgow to Liverpool. The type is now extinct. Also called rantipike. 1973D. R. Macgregor Fast Sailing Ships iii. 91/3 The ranterpike rig is rarely referred to but apparently necessitated that one of the upper masts on the fore mast was stepped abaft the other. |