coastern.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊstə/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊstər/, New Zealand English /ˈkʌʊstə/

Forms: Also 1600s coster.

Etymology: < coast v. + -er suffix¹.

1. One who sails along the coast; the master or pilot of a coasting-vessel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > in specific type of area or terrain

coaster1574

iceman1827

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > who sails in specific waters

channeller?1574

coaster1574

shore-creeper1599

riverman1612

circumnavigator1770

canaller1796

laker1838

river runner1913

1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) 7 b It behoveth him too be a good coaster.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 341/1 I give the Name both of Pilot and Coaster to one Man..A bare Pilot serves only for the Port he is hired for.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 18 Long it was ere the trembling coasters were certain whether Britain was an island or a continent.

figurative.1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 43 In our small Skiff we must not launce too far; We here but Coasters, not Discov'rers, are.1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 317 Some are but Coasters in this great Sea [i.e. the World].

2. A vessel employed in sailing along the coast, or in trading from port to port of the same country. (The usual modern sense.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > coaster

land-carracka1616

coasting-vessela1657

coaster1687

drover1756

drogher1784

1687 London Gaz. No. 2266/2 The small Coasters having Orders not to stir out, till the way be cleared for them.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4317/2 Her Majesty's Ship the Pool, having under her Convoy several Coasters.

1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. 11 Aug. (1845) IV. 453 Every Fishing Smack and Coaster gives one Man.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 74 His father was a skipper of a small coaster, from Bristol.

a. One who dwells by the sea coast.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside sea

coast-man1580

maritimea1600

sea-borderer1599

sea-boarder1611

coaster1612

shoreman1650

Paralian1724

Orarian1869

bayman1904

cover1905

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 311 You neuer saw, nor heard any or English man, or other coaster, or riuer man, or Ilander, vse more malicious inuentions.

1615 R. Kayll Trades Increase 41 Coasters, that giue away our coine to the stranger for our owne fish.

1888 Daily News 17 July 5/3 The cocoanut and the cabbage palm grow wild, though the pampered Gold Coasters despise them.

Thesaurus »

b. A resident of West Africa of European origin.

c. New Zealand. One who lives on, or comes from, the West Coast of the South Island.

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1898 G. MacDonald Gold Coast iii. 65 To ‘Old Coasters’ this breeze is very welcome.

1902 W. African Year Bk. 28 Old Coasters generally induce perspiration by a drink of hot weak tea.

1907 J. Drummond Life R. J. Seddon xxi. 349 [Seddon's] good wife (who shared the love of all Coasters, with her husband).

1914 M. Hall Woman in Antipodes xii. 102 Another of his stories was of an old coaster.

1926 Princess Marie Louise Lett. from Gold Coast 3 We English when we talk about the ‘Coast’ mean only the Gold Coast, whereas it actually includes Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Those living there, however, are generally spoken of as ‘Coasters’.

1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 5 Old Coasters..call all food chop.

1936 G. Greene Journey without Maps i. ii. 25 There was the Coast... People said, ‘Eldridge. Of course, he's an old Coaster.’.. There was no other Coast but the West Coast.

1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang v. 44 Coaster, for a resident of [the West Coast of the South Island]..is also well known.

d. U.S. A bovine animal reared near the coast of Texas. Also coaster horn.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > long-horn breeds

longhorn1770

Shropshire1803

coaster1890

Texas longhorn1908

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > (parts of) horn > animal(s) defined by horns

pollard1546

horn-beasta1616

horn-cattle1793

nott1794

coaster horn1890

1890 Stock Grower (Las Vegas, New Mexico) 19 Apr. 7/2 There are lots of big old-fashioned ‘coaster’ horns among them.

1903 Rep. Kansas Stage Board Agric. 1901–2 154 Horns of the old Texas coaster.

1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 20 The ‘coasters’, or ‘sea lions’, as people sometimes called the longhorned cattle of the coast country, could swim like ducks and were as wild.

1935 Amer. Speech 10 270/1 Coasters, Texas cattle raised in areas near the Gulf of Mexico.

†4. One who visits or lands on a coast. Obsolete.

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1660 G. Fleming Stemma Sacrvm 17 Inquilini, or Intruders, are no other than Coasters or Adventurers, that are sent forth into a Nation to sack and spoile.

figurative.1709 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) IV. 164 Old Coasters, Love Boasters, who set up for Truth.

†5. (See quot. 1688) Obsolete.

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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 312/1 A Coaster [is] a Keeper of a Decoy, or place to catch wild Fowl.

6. Formerly, a low round tray or stand for a decanter (usually of silver); now used generally for any small, usually round, tray or mat on which a bottle or glass, etc., may stand. (See also quot. 1890.)So called from ‘coasting’ or making the circuit of the table after dinner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > decanter > decanter stand

bottle slider1763

slider1770

bottle slide1771

bottle coaster1780

coasterc1887

Tantalus1888

tantalus-stand1899

tantalus-case1905

wine coaster1956

c1887 Catal. Mallet & Son (Bath) 13 Two choicely pierced coasters.

1888 M. Deland John Ward (ed. 2) 113 The decanters in the queer old coasters.

1890 Stratford on Avon Herald 24 Oct. 6/1 Next to spoons old silver coasters are the mania of the day... They are made to do duty as stands for ink-bottles and pincushions; flowerglasses raise their heads from coasters... The homely little brown jugs of Surrey cream come upstairs set in coasters, and..the coasters offer chocolate creams.

1951 M. Sharp Lise Lillywhite xv. 132 Martin observed her beer-mug making a ring and automatically put it on a coaster.

1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 96 She had picked up a coaster for a highball glass.

7. U.S.

Thesaurus »

Categories »

a. One engaged in the sport of ‘coasting’. and

b. A sledge or toboggan for ‘coasting’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > tobogganing > [noun] > toboggan or luge

toboggan1829

bobsleigh1841

bob1856

coaster1869

bobsled1886

bobsleigh1894

luge1905

boblet1914

saucer sled1951

skeleton bob1954

1869 L. M. Alcott Old-fashioned Girl iii, in Merry's Museum Sept. 392 The coasters were at it with all their might... Some little girls were playing with their sleds.

1881 Our Little Ones 72 To-morrow the hills All over the town Will be lively with coasters That race up and down.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 4/1 The Roller Coaster at the Crystal Palace has had a bad accident.

1888 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 340/1 Roller coasters, switchback railways, toboggan slides, are all prodigiously popular.

1943 M. Flavin Journey in Dark 17 Tom had a coaster—a long, low, sleek one, with shiny runners anchored to the frame.

c. A rest for the foot used when coasting on a bicycle.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > other parts of cycles

saddle1819

saddle pin1836

rest1855

pillion1878

Arab spring1880

carrier1885

coaster1895

bicycle basket1896

pacemaker1896

steering lock1897

headset1898

flapper-seat1916

stand1918

kick-stand1947

sissy bar1959

stabilizers1960

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 555/2 Steering fork—Cold drawn steel tubing, with..adjustable nickeled coasters.

1897 Outing Feb. 463/2 Having gleefully perched my feet up on the coasters, I..shot forward like an arrow.

d. = rollercoaster n. U.S.

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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > roller coaster or railway

montagne russe1834

mountain railway1851

switchback1863

rollercoaster1883

scenic railway1890

chute1908

coaster1910

moon rocket1921

motor-coaster1928

giant racer1934

Big Dipper1935

scenic1956

1910 Sat. Evening Post 9 July 5/1 Ten years ago, if a coaster ‘dropped’ ten feet, it was a ‘thriller’.

1984 New Yorker 16 Apr. 41/1 This coaster, besides having a great history—it was the coaster in the first Cinerama movie—is a great ride.

8. A loafer, sundowner. Australian slang.

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1878 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Ups & Downs viii. 75 A voluble, good-for-nothing, loafing impostor, a regular ‘coaster’.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 102 The scowbanker or skullbanker, coaster, sundodger..were other vagabonds who loafed in the outback or drifted from station to station.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coaster
释义	coastern. Brit. /ˈkəʊstə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊstər/, New Zealand English /ˈkʌʊstə/ Forms: Also 1600s coster. Etymology: < coast v. + -er suffix¹. 1. One who sails along the coast; the master or pilot of a coasting-vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > in specific type of area or terrain coaster1574 iceman1827 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > who sails in specific waters channeller?1574 coaster1574 shore-creeper1599 riverman1612 circumnavigator1770 canaller1796 laker1838 river runner1913 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) 7 b It behoveth him too be a good coaster. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 341/1 I give the Name both of Pilot and Coaster to one Man..A bare Pilot serves only for the Port he is hired for. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 18 Long it was ere the trembling coasters were certain whether Britain was an island or a continent. figurative.1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 43 In our small Skiff we must not launce too far; We here but Coasters, not Discov'rers, are.1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 317 Some are but Coasters in this great Sea [i.e. the World]. 2. A vessel employed in sailing along the coast, or in trading from port to port of the same country. (The usual modern sense.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > coaster land-carracka1616 coasting-vessela1657 coaster1687 drover1756 drogher1784 1687 London Gaz. No. 2266/2 The small Coasters having Orders not to stir out, till the way be cleared for them. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4317/2 Her Majesty's Ship the Pool, having under her Convoy several Coasters. 1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. 11 Aug. (1845) IV. 453 Every Fishing Smack and Coaster gives one Man. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 74 His father was a skipper of a small coaster, from Bristol. 3. a. One who dwells by the sea coast. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside sea coast-man1580 maritimea1600 sea-borderer1599 sea-boarder1611 coaster1612 shoreman1650 Paralian1724 Orarian1869 bayman1904 cover1905 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 311 You neuer saw, nor heard any or English man, or other coaster, or riuer man, or Ilander, vse more malicious inuentions. 1615 R. Kayll Trades Increase 41 Coasters, that giue away our coine to the stranger for our owne fish. 1888 Daily News 17 July 5/3 The cocoanut and the cabbage palm grow wild, though the pampered Gold Coasters despise them. Thesaurus » b. A resident of West Africa of European origin. c. New Zealand. One who lives on, or comes from, the West Coast of the South Island. ΚΠ 1898 G. MacDonald Gold Coast iii. 65 To ‘Old Coasters’ this breeze is very welcome. 1902 W. African Year Bk. 28 Old Coasters generally induce perspiration by a drink of hot weak tea. 1907 J. Drummond Life R. J. Seddon xxi. 349 [Seddon's] good wife (who shared the love of all Coasters, with her husband). 1914 M. Hall Woman in Antipodes xii. 102 Another of his stories was of an old coaster. 1926 Princess Marie Louise Lett. from Gold Coast 3 We English when we talk about the ‘Coast’ mean only the Gold Coast, whereas it actually includes Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Those living there, however, are generally spoken of as ‘Coasters’. 1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 5 Old Coasters..call all food chop. 1936 G. Greene Journey without Maps i. ii. 25 There was the Coast... People said, ‘Eldridge. Of course, he's an old Coaster.’.. There was no other Coast but the West Coast. 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang v. 44 Coaster, for a resident of [the West Coast of the South Island]..is also well known. d. U.S. A bovine animal reared near the coast of Texas. Also coaster horn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > long-horn breeds longhorn1770 Shropshire1803 coaster1890 Texas longhorn1908 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > (parts of) horn > animal(s) defined by horns pollard1546 horn-beasta1616 horn-cattle1793 nott1794 coaster horn1890 1890 Stock Grower (Las Vegas, New Mexico) 19 Apr. 7/2 There are lots of big old-fashioned ‘coaster’ horns among them. 1903 Rep. Kansas Stage Board Agric. 1901–2 154 Horns of the old Texas coaster. 1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 20 The ‘coasters’, or ‘sea lions’, as people sometimes called the longhorned cattle of the coast country, could swim like ducks and were as wild. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 270/1 Coasters, Texas cattle raised in areas near the Gulf of Mexico. †4. One who visits or lands on a coast. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1660 G. Fleming Stemma Sacrvm 17 Inquilini, or Intruders, are no other than Coasters or Adventurers, that are sent forth into a Nation to sack and spoile. figurative.1709 in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) IV. 164 Old Coasters, Love Boasters, who set up for Truth. †5. (See quot. 1688) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 312/1 A Coaster [is] a Keeper of a Decoy, or place to catch wild Fowl. 6. Formerly, a low round tray or stand for a decanter (usually of silver); now used generally for any small, usually round, tray or mat on which a bottle or glass, etc., may stand. (See also quot. 1890.)So called from ‘coasting’ or making the circuit of the table after dinner. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > decanter > decanter stand bottle slider1763 slider1770 bottle slide1771 bottle coaster1780 coasterc1887 Tantalus1888 tantalus-stand1899 tantalus-case1905 wine coaster1956 c1887 Catal. Mallet & Son (Bath) 13 Two choicely pierced coasters. 1888 M. Deland John Ward (ed. 2) 113 The decanters in the queer old coasters. 1890 Stratford on Avon Herald 24 Oct. 6/1 Next to spoons old silver coasters are the mania of the day... They are made to do duty as stands for ink-bottles and pincushions; flowerglasses raise their heads from coasters... The homely little brown jugs of Surrey cream come upstairs set in coasters, and..the coasters offer chocolate creams. 1951 M. Sharp Lise Lillywhite xv. 132 Martin observed her beer-mug making a ring and automatically put it on a coaster. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 96 She had picked up a coaster for a highball glass. 7. U.S. Thesaurus » Categories » a. One engaged in the sport of ‘coasting’. and b. A sledge or toboggan for ‘coasting’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > tobogganing > [noun] > toboggan or luge toboggan1829 bobsleigh1841 bob1856 coaster1869 bobsled1886 bobsleigh1894 luge1905 boblet1914 saucer sled1951 skeleton bob1954 1869 L. M. Alcott Old-fashioned Girl iii, in Merry's Museum Sept. 392 The coasters were at it with all their might... Some little girls were playing with their sleds. 1881 Our Little Ones 72 To-morrow the hills All over the town Will be lively with coasters That race up and down. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 4/1 The Roller Coaster at the Crystal Palace has had a bad accident. 1888 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 340/1 Roller coasters, switchback railways, toboggan slides, are all prodigiously popular. 1943 M. Flavin Journey in Dark 17 Tom had a coaster—a long, low, sleek one, with shiny runners anchored to the frame. c. A rest for the foot used when coasting on a bicycle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > other parts of cycles saddle1819 saddle pin1836 rest1855 pillion1878 Arab spring1880 carrier1885 coaster1895 bicycle basket1896 pacemaker1896 steering lock1897 headset1898 flapper-seat1916 stand1918 kick-stand1947 sissy bar1959 stabilizers1960 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 555/2 Steering fork—Cold drawn steel tubing, with..adjustable nickeled coasters. 1897 Outing Feb. 463/2 Having gleefully perched my feet up on the coasters, I..shot forward like an arrow. d. = rollercoaster n. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > roller coaster or railway montagne russe1834 mountain railway1851 switchback1863 rollercoaster1883 scenic railway1890 chute1908 coaster1910 moon rocket1921 motor-coaster1928 giant racer1934 Big Dipper1935 scenic1956 1910 Sat. Evening Post 9 July 5/1 Ten years ago, if a coaster ‘dropped’ ten feet, it was a ‘thriller’. 1984 New Yorker 16 Apr. 41/1 This coaster, besides having a great history—it was the coaster in the first Cinerama movie—is a great ride. 8. A loafer, sundowner. Australian slang. ΚΠ 1878 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Ups & Downs viii. 75 A voluble, good-for-nothing, loafing impostor, a regular ‘coaster’. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 102 The scowbanker or skullbanker, coaster, sundodger..were other vagabonds who loafed in the outback or drifted from station to station. 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