| 单词 | grass hawser |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass hawser grass hawser n. Nautical (now chiefly historical) a large rope or cable made of grass fibre or other plant material; cf. hawser n. a, grass rope n. ΚΠ 1811 S. Reynolds Jrnl. 22 Apr. in F. W. Howay Voy. New Hazard (1938) 15 Carried grass hawser ashore. 1929 Illustr. London News 24 Aug. 303/1 Near the shore, grass hawsers were attached to the launch and pinnace. 2008 M. J. Smith Timberclads in Civil War iii. 79 A grass hawser was made into breechings and gun tackles were jury-rigged from tackle purchased in a general store. < as lemmas |
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