单词 | gubernacle |
释义 | † gubernaclen. Obsolete. rare. A rudder of a ship or boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder ruddereOE governailc1384 steerer1398 gubernaclec1425 timon1511 wooden bridle1614 main-piece1850 c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xxvii. 40 (MED) Ande whanne þei hade drawen vppe þo ankurs, þei putte hem vnto þe see, slakande þo iunctures fro þo gubernacle [a1450 Corpus Cambr. gubernacles; L. gubernaculorum], & raised a lytel sayle. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 112 The helmstok, or gubernakle of tre, Quhairwith I reulit our cours throw the se. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1425 |
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