| 单词 | handy billy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandy billy handy billy n. Sailing a small jigger (jigger n.1 2a) used esp. in hoisting a sail when short-handed; a watch tackle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > consisting of single, double fall jigger1726 jigger-tackle1769 handy billy1829 1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. 182 There were no more hands in a watch, than could hoist a to'-gallant-sail, without the help of a handy-Billy. 1933 J. Masefield Bird of Dawning 56 We handed up the handy billy, they made it fast to the davit-head. 2001 P. Manthorpe in R. Garvey To build Ship xii. 67 There is so much tension in the handy billy that tar starts oozing out of the rope and it becomes too slippery to haul on. < as lemmas |
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