| 单词 | alligator tug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalligator tug c. North American (chiefly Canadian) Forestry. A type of flat-bottomed steam-powered paddle boat, used esp. for towing log booms, that can be winched across land from one body of water to another. Also attributive as alligator boat, alligator tug. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > other steam vessels steam dredger1801 steam barge1812 steam hopper1812 steam-launch1812 steam schooner1812 steam-yacht1812 steam-tug1835 pleasure steamer1839 tug-steamer1861 ditcher1877 alligator1884 turnabout1885 tank-steamer1889 whaleback1891 whalebacker1891 1884 A. H. Campbell in Handbk. Canada iii. iii. 303 A boat called an alligator, from its amphibious character, is often used. It is..equipped with paddle wheels and a powerful windlass driven by an engine. 1906 Every Where Feb. 369/1 ‘Alligator-boats’ carry an anchor and cable: and when water falls, can be hauled by their steam from one anchorage to another. 1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods vii. 186 Alligators are built like barges, flat and rectangular, but they have a huge steel cable running from a winch in the bow. 1975 J. Gould Maine Lingo 34 The alligator would be rowed out ahead of the boom of logs and anchored. 2010 H. B. Barrett & C. F. Coons Alligators of North 87 They purchased the Scott timber limits and the two Alligator tugs, but leased the Lakefield sawmill. < as lemmas |
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