| 单词 | gunner's daughter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgunner's daughter gunner's daughter n. a jocular name amongst seamen for the gun to which sailors were ‘married’, i.e. lashed, to receive punishment. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > gun to which offenders were lashed gunner's daughter1821 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > gun to which sailors were lashed gunner's daughter1821 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Jan. (1978) VIII. 54 As..Captain Whitby..used to say to his seamen (when ‘married to the gunner's daughter’)—‘two dozen and let you off easy’. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. i. 16 I was punished..—made to kiss..the gunner's daughter. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiii. 228 I'll marry some of you young gentlemen to the gunner's daughter. < as lemmas |
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