| 单词 | foul berth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoul berth foul berth n. Nautical the situation in which a vessel's berth is obstructed or encumbered by another vessel anchoring in its hawse, i.e. in the space between the head of a vessel and the anchor; typically in to give (a vessel) a foul berth, to give a foul berth to. ΚΠ 1832 Minutes of Evid. before Lords Comm. Bill for amending Town Quay of Gravesend 97 in Parl. Papers 1831–2 (H.L. 125) CCCXII. 1 If he is a civil Man he usually gets under weigh if he has given another a foul Berth. 1858 Cases Vice-admiralty Court Lower Canada 75 The Cumberland..and gave a foul berth to the Cornwallis. 1934 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 17 Feb. 4/4 Loss and damage sustained by pursuers' steamship Tynesider in the beginning of April 1932 through being given a foul berth at Beckett's Quay at defenders' works. 2003 S. J. Hazelwood & A. Tettenborn Marsden on Collisions at Sea (ed. 13) vi. 176 If a ship gives another a foul berth she cannot require the latter to take extraordinary precautions to avoid a collision. < as lemmas |
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