gun-boatgunboatn.

Brit.

/ˈɡʌnbəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈɡənˌboʊt/

a. A boat or small vessel of light draft carrying one or more guns of large calibre; any small vessel fitted for carrying guns.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat

artillery boat1759

gun-boat1793

gun-vessel1800

gun-brig1801

schooner-gun-vessel1806

gunship1841

turret-ship1862

turret-vessel1862

pelter1890

1793 Craufurd in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 117 The enemy were masters of the shore, and entirely commanded it by their gunboats.

1797 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 404 The Spaniards having sent out a great number of Mortar Gun-boats and armed Launches.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 211 A small convoy..under the protection of two gun-boats.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlii. 264 Four of the gunboats were almost immediately disabled.

attributive.1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 25 A forest of Gun~boat-masts.1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 40 This is the reception destined for the Gun Boat Armada.1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time xxvi. 664 A second unsuccessful gunboat attack.

b. gunboat diplomacy n. diplomacy supported by the use, or threatened use, of military force.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > types of

public diplomacy1856

gunboat diplomacy1927

total diplomacy1935

sputnik diplomacy1957

shuttle diplomacy1974

1927 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. Feb. 234 It has been said that the days of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in China are over.

1960 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 12/2 ‘Gun-boat’ diplomacy has long and properly disappeared.

1961 Daily Tel. 6 July 1 The Iraqi delegate called the British action in Kuwait ‘gunboat diplomacy at its worst’.

1969 Times 3 Mar. 23/4 (advt.) There's nothing to regret about the passing of gunboat diplomacy.

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2. U.S. regional. Coal Mining. ‘A self-dumping box on wheels, used for raising coal on slopes, and holding three or four tons of coal’ ( Cent. Dict.).

3. Usually in plural. Large shoes or feet. U.S. slang.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]

footOE

heelOE

toec1290

pettitoes1590

goers1612

hoofa1616

fetlock1645

stamper1652

fetterlock1674

pedestal1695

trotter1755

footsie1762

dew-beaters1811

pedal1838

mud-hook1850

tootsy1854

tootsicum1860

gun-boat1870

mundowie1880

plate of meat1887

trilby1895

dog1913

puppies1922

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > overshoe

galosh1373

overshoe1770

gumshoe1841

gun-boat1870

bootee1920

1870 D. Macrae Americans at Home I. 68 Most of the people wear rubbers over their boots—gunboats as they sometimes call them from their size.

1919 Dial. Notes 5 69 Gunboats, the feet. ‘Keep your gunboats out of my way.’

1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 56 Tracey nodded, as he shifted his weight from the right to the left gunboat.

1939 Amer. Speech 14 90 Gun boats, big shoes.

1951 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 235 He brought some of the [size 14 EE] gunboats with him from the states, but they wore out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	gun-boat
释义	gun-boatgunboatn. Brit. /ˈɡʌnbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈɡənˌboʊt/ 1. a. A boat or small vessel of light draft carrying one or more guns of large calibre; any small vessel fitted for carrying guns. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat artillery boat1759 gun-boat1793 gun-vessel1800 gun-brig1801 schooner-gun-vessel1806 gunship1841 turret-ship1862 turret-vessel1862 pelter1890 1793 Craufurd in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 117 The enemy were masters of the shore, and entirely commanded it by their gunboats. 1797 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 404 The Spaniards having sent out a great number of Mortar Gun-boats and armed Launches. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. xiii. 211 A small convoy..under the protection of two gun-boats. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlii. 264 Four of the gunboats were almost immediately disabled. attributive.1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 25 A forest of Gun~boat-masts.1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 40 This is the reception destined for the Gun Boat Armada.1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time xxvi. 664 A second unsuccessful gunboat attack. b. gunboat diplomacy n. diplomacy supported by the use, or threatened use, of military force. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > types of public diplomacy1856 gunboat diplomacy1927 total diplomacy1935 sputnik diplomacy1957 shuttle diplomacy1974 1927 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. Feb. 234 It has been said that the days of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in China are over. 1960 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 12/2 ‘Gun-boat’ diplomacy has long and properly disappeared. 1961 Daily Tel. 6 July 1 The Iraqi delegate called the British action in Kuwait ‘gunboat diplomacy at its worst’. 1969 Times 3 Mar. 23/4 (advt.) There's nothing to regret about the passing of gunboat diplomacy. Categories » 2. U.S. regional. Coal Mining. ‘A self-dumping box on wheels, used for raising coal on slopes, and holding three or four tons of coal’ ( Cent. Dict.). 3. Usually in plural. Large shoes or feet. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] footOE heelOE toec1290 pettitoes1590 goers1612 hoofa1616 fetlock1645 stamper1652 fetterlock1674 pedestal1695 trotter1755 footsie1762 dew-beaters1811 pedal1838 mud-hook1850 tootsy1854 tootsicum1860 gun-boat1870 mundowie1880 plate of meat1887 trilby1895 dog1913 puppies1922 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > overshoe galosh1373 overshoe1770 gumshoe1841 gun-boat1870 bootee1920 1870 D. Macrae Americans at Home I. 68 Most of the people wear rubbers over their boots—gunboats as they sometimes call them from their size. 1919 Dial. Notes 5 69 Gunboats, the feet. ‘Keep your gunboats out of my way.’ 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 56 Tracey nodded, as he shifted his weight from the right to the left gunboat. 1939 Amer. Speech 14 90 Gun boats, big shoes. 1951 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 235 He brought some of the [size 14 EE] gunboats with him from the states, but they wore out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1793
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