单词 | chopstick |
释义 | chopstickn.1 The cross-stick (of iron wire, whale-bone, etc.) attached to a deep-sea fishing-line a short distance from the sinker, from which the short lines bearing the hooks are hung. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > deep-sea long-line > cross-stick chopstick1615 1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. D2v Codfishing... A Chopsticke is an Iron about the bignesse of a curtaine Rod, and a yard long, and vpon this Iron is an hollow pipe of Lead 8 or 9 Inches long. c1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 87 A Fisherman hath a Line of 90 fathom length or more, with a lead at the end of it called a deep Sea-lead, of about 6 or 7 pound weight to sink it, above which is a cross-stick called a chop-stick, with two Lines and hooks at them with baites. 187. Buckland in Kent. Gloss. (1887) Two old umbrella iron ribs make capital chop-sticks. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Chop-stick, a small bit of whalebone attached to a sea fishing line to keep the snood and hook clear of the sinker. 1881 St. James' Budget 5 Aug. 12/1 The Kentish rig—which is the familiar chopstick with the two arms bent to an angle of 60°..has a detachable lead in the middle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : chop-stickn.2 < n.11615 see also |
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