单词 | cockpit coaming |
释义 | > as lemmascockpit coaming cockpit coaming n. (also cockpit coamings) (a) the raised border around the cockpit of a boat; cf. sense 6b, coaming n. a; (b) (originally, in an open-cockpit aircraft) the padded-leather border around the cockpit; (now usually) a shelf above the instrument panel in the cockpit of an aircraft that acts as an anti-glare device and typically houses certain other instruments. ΚΠ 1869 All Year Round 31 July 198/1 Nothing gives me so much pleasure as tearing through it, with the wind blowing half a gale, and the boat's tide buried to the cockpit coaming. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Let. Feb. (1911) III. 97 As I came on deck, I found the green sea over the cockpit coamings and running down the companion like a brook to meet me. 1935 Telegraph (Brisbane) 27 June 6/5 A swivelling gun in the rear cockpit, which has the cockpit coaming flared out to protect the gunner from the air stream. 1995 Aircraft Engin. & Aerospace Technol. July 3/1 A PVD indicator is mounted in the cockpit coaming in front of each pilot. 2012 D. Henderson Sea Kayaking 31/2 Once you have your kayak floating parallel to the shore, place the paddle shaft across the boat, on the deck, just aft of the cockpit coaming. < as lemmas |
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