| 单词 | fearnought | 
| 释义 | fearnoughtn. 1.  A stout kind of woollen cloth, used chiefly on board ship in the form of outside clothing in the most inclement weather, also as a protective covering or lining for the outside door of a powder magazine, the portholes, etc. Cf. dreadnought n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > 			[noun]		 > devices to protect ship from weather > woollen cloth used as covering fearnought1769 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > 			[noun]		 > stout or durable > fearnought fearnothing1725 fearnought1769 shepherd's velvet1791 shepherd's cloth1794 dreadnought1797 1773    J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II.  i. iii. 40  				A Magellanic jacket..made of a thick woollen-stuff, called Fearnought. 1794    Sporting Mag. 3 193  				The wadding..is made of..fearnaught or shepherd's cloth. 1836    J. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. viii. 110  				A skreen lined with fearnought. 1859    F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. 		(1862)	 210  				A wooden plug covered with fearnought.  2.  dialect. (See quot. 1883.) ΚΠ 1883    T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield  				Fearnought, a machine for mixing wool, shoddy, and mungo before putting upon the condenser.  3.  A drink to keep up the spirits. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > 			[noun]		 > fortifying or reviving hair of the dog that bit you1546 eye-opener1818 bracer1829 livener1870 corpse reviver1871 reviver1876 screw1877 fearnought1880 pickup1881 stiffener1928 warmer-upper1960 1880    L. Wallace Ben-Hur  iv. x. 231  				This is the fear~naught of the tentmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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