| 单词 | anchor tow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanchor tow anchor tow n. originally Scottish (now rare) an anchor cable. [Compare Dutch ankertouw (1623 as anckertou), Middle Low German ankertou, ankertouwe, German Ankertau (1628), Swedish ankartåg (1621).] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable anchor ropeOE coble?a1400 cablec1400 anchor tow1602 anchor-gable1609 rode1612 anchor line1614 roding1896 1602 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 144 The anker tow that is slippit..salbe payit be bayth the schipis. 1877 H. W. Longfellow Dutch Picture in Atlantic Feb. 177 A ship that..tugs at her anchor-tow. 1997 Offshore (Nexis) Aug. 87 Bergs were drilled to anchor tows, they were blown up, prop-washed, bumped and pushed. < as lemmas |
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