dumb bargen.

Etymology: see dumb adj. 8.

A barge without mast or sails. On the Thames applied to the ordinary lighters which travel up and down river by means of the tide. (See also quot. 1886, and cf. dummy n. 5c.)

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > without mast and sails

dumb barge1869

1869 Daily News 24 May There are, we believe, some four thousand ‘dumb’ barges belonging to the port, and 2,385 sailing barges.

1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xix Didn't you notice the dumb-barge right in the road of the tug? Those things are the curse of the river.

1886 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. I. 28 (Editor) A dumb barge used to signify a barge used as a pier, and not for the conveyance of merchandise.

1891 Daily News 3 Oct. 3/8 The dumb barge Athens, laden with sugar, was proceeding up the Thames.

1896 Letter fr. London Ship-owner The barges used for wrecks are large dumb barges, but the word would have to be qualified in some way to convey any other meaning here than an ordinary cargo lighter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	dumb barge
释义	dumb bargen. Etymology: see dumb adj. 8. A barge without mast or sails. On the Thames applied to the ordinary lighters which travel up and down river by means of the tide. (See also quot. 1886, and cf. dummy n. 5c.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > without mast and sails dumb barge1869 1869 Daily News 24 May There are, we believe, some four thousand ‘dumb’ barges belonging to the port, and 2,385 sailing barges. 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xix Didn't you notice the dumb-barge right in the road of the tug? Those things are the curse of the river. 1886 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. I. 28 (Editor) A dumb barge used to signify a barge used as a pier, and not for the conveyance of merchandise. 1891 Daily News 3 Oct. 3/8 The dumb barge Athens, laden with sugar, was proceeding up the Thames. 1896 Letter fr. London Ship-owner The barges used for wrecks are large dumb barges, but the word would have to be qualified in some way to convey any other meaning here than an ordinary cargo lighter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1869
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