| 单词 | aloft and alow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaloft and alow 3. Nautical. At or towards the lower part of a vessel, i.e. near the deck as opposed to the upper rigging and masts, in the cabin or hold as opposed to the deck, etc. Now usually in alow and aloft (or aloft and alow), esp. with reference to the positioning of sails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [adverb] alow1509 underboard1588 below?1650 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxviiiv Within this shyp a lowe or els a hye. 1615 J. Taylor Faire & Fowle Weather sig. B2v Downe, downe alowe, into the hold. c1620 Treat. Shipbuilding (modernized text) in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 15 The narrowing [of the hull] alow aftward on must be by a lank line to the end. 1745 P. Durell Log 20 May in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) x. 177 We immediately Returned a broad side a low & a loft. 1784 J. Green Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Amer. Neptune (1951) 11 67 Fine weather Smouth watter and a Crowd of Sail a Low and a Loft. 1826 Log of Brunswick 24 June in Mariner's Mirror (1982) 68 237 Steering sails set a low and a loft. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. 268 With studding sails alow and aloft. 1929 Pop. Sci. Nov. 80/1 Aloft and alow, she is as beautiful as any fore-and-after ever was. 1993 P. O'Brian Wine-dark Sea x. 249 He has studdingsails both sides, aloft and alow. < as lemmas |
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