crow's nestn.

Forms: Also crow's-nest.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrow's nest.

†1. Military ? A fort placed on a height. Obsolete.

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1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 163 2 Frenchmen..fled vnto the enemies to the crowes neast.

2. Nautical. A barrel or cylindrical box fixed to the mast-head of an arctic, whaling or other ship, as a shelter for the look-out man.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast

topc1420

scuttle1597

bowl1627

round top1661

crow's nest1818

hurricane-house1818

bird's nest1851

1818 Blackwood's Mag. 4 343 The Crows-Nest is..generally a cask, fixed near the mast-head, to protect the observer from cold, and enable him to look out for whales, or open pieces of water.

1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 470 Crow's Nest..This..was the invention of Captain Scoresby senior, and is now universally used by the northern whalers.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iv. 38 I was able, from the crow's-nest, to pick our way to a larger pool.

3. New Zealand. (See quot. 1930.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > platform for shepherd

crow's nest1930

1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs i. 5 To save trouble and disturbing the sheep more than was necessary, ‘Crow's nests’ were built on some plains stations—platforms on poles or in cabbage trees from which the shepherds could see where the sheep were.

1949 in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury v. 39.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	crows nest
释义	crow's nestn. Forms: Also crow's-nest. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrow's nest. †1. Military ? A fort placed on a height. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 163 2 Frenchmen..fled vnto the enemies to the crowes neast. 2. Nautical. A barrel or cylindrical box fixed to the mast-head of an arctic, whaling or other ship, as a shelter for the look-out man. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast topc1420 scuttle1597 bowl1627 round top1661 crow's nest1818 hurricane-house1818 bird's nest1851 1818 Blackwood's Mag. 4 343 The Crows-Nest is..generally a cask, fixed near the mast-head, to protect the observer from cold, and enable him to look out for whales, or open pieces of water. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 470 Crow's Nest..This..was the invention of Captain Scoresby senior, and is now universally used by the northern whalers. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iv. 38 I was able, from the crow's-nest, to pick our way to a larger pool. 3. New Zealand. (See quot. 1930.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > platform for shepherd crow's nest1930 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs i. 5 To save trouble and disturbing the sheep more than was necessary, ‘Crow's nests’ were built on some plains stations—platforms on poles or in cabbage trees from which the shepherds could see where the sheep were. 1949 in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury v. 39. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1604
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