| 单词 | cheek-block |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheek-block cheek-block n. Nautical (now archaic) a block (block n. 2a) one side of which is formed by the surface to which it is fastened; = half block n. (cf. sense 9a). ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 155 Cheek-blocks, or half-blocks, are made of elm plank. 1883 E. H. Taunt Young Sailor's Assistant 150 What is a cheek block? A block having but one cheek. It is bolted to a mast or gaff, and they form the other cheek. 1993 P. O'Brian Wine-dark Sea i. 5 Pullings..said, ‘Well, and so you've done it again, sir’, before going on to the foretopmost cheekblocks. < as lemmas |
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