单词 | coracle |
释义 | coraclen. a. A small boat made of wickerwork covered with some watertight material (originally hides or skins), used by the ancient Britons, and still by fishermen on the rivers and lakes of Wales and Ireland.The coracle is described but not named in Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 891 ‘on anum bate butan ælcum gereþrum of Hibernia..se bat wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hyde’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > boat made with hides > over wickerwork caraba1387 currach?c1450 coracle1547 skew1587 kuphar1800 basket-boat1801 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Kwrwgyl ne vola kroen, a corougle. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Carabe, a corracle, or little round skiffe, made of Ozier twigs wouen together, and couered with raw hides. 1696 J. Aubrey Misc. (1857) 211 The boats on the Avon..were baskets of twigs covered with an ox-skin, which the poor people in Wales use to this day, and call them curricles. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 178 The Fishermen in these Parts have a pretty Device, to catch Fish..which is called a Coracle. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiii. 135 On his back, Like a broad shield, the coracle was hung. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 71 §36 Any boat, barge, coracle, or other vessel used in fishing. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 13 Two Coracle Nets. 1891 Daily News 5 Oct. 3/6 Dee Salmon Fisheries..The coracle net-men had caught 849 salmon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1547 |
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