单词 | flush fore and aft |
释义 | > as lemmasflush fore and aft c. Of a vessel's deck: Continued on one level from stem to stern. Also flush fore and aft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adjective] > types of deck flush1626 lower deck1709 cambering1758 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 11 A flush decke. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xx. 2216 The decks, fore and aft, being finished flush, had no covering for men or officers. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 66 Her decks were..flush fore and aft. 1933 Jane's Fighting Ships 527 Note raised C.T. [conning tower] and flush deck forward. 1940 Illustr. London News 197 359 (caption) The structure of an American ‘flush-deck’ destroyer, typical of the 50 transferred to Great Britain. < as lemmas |
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