| 释义 |
breaming, vbl. n.|ˈbriːmɪŋ|
[f. bream v.1 + -ing1.]
The clearing of a ship's bottom by burning. Hence breaming-fuel, breaming-hook.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 13. 1628 Digby Voy. Medit. (1868) 61 The inconueniencie of breeming aloft to pay the shippe ouer with pitch. 1759Colebrooke in Phil. Trans. LI. 51 Corruptly called breaming, for brenning or burning. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Chauffage, breaming-fuel. Fourches de Carene, breaming-hooks. |