harpingsn.

/ˈhɑːpɪŋz/

Forms: Also 1600s harping, 1700s–1800s harpins, harpens.

Etymology: ? < harp n.¹

Nautical. With plural and singular agreement.

1. (a) The fore-parts of the wales which encompass the bow of a ship and are fastened to the stem, being thicker than the after-parts in order to sustain the shock of plunging into the sea; (b) pieces of oak, forming an extension of the ribbands, for holding the cant-frames of a vessel in place until the outside planking is worked.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > wales at bow

harpings1658

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > specific kind of timber > temporary frames or planks

harpings1658

ribband1711

snying1815

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Harpings, the breadth of a ship at the bow.

1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 14 The Sweep of the Harping.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 53 The Channel-wales, which are crooked, call'd Harpings.

1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xx. 432 Before any frames are hoisted staging is erected at the topsides, and the sheer or gunwale harpins are suspended from it.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 190/1 The timbers are secured by means of a longitudinal ‘harpin’ or ‘ribband’ wrought along under the floors and secured to them.

2. cat-harpings n. (also cat-harping legs) the ropes or (now more generally) iron cramps that serve to brace in the shrouds of the lower-masts behind their respective yards, so as to tighten the shrouds and also give more room to draw the yards in when the ship is close-hauled.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > device for bracing shrouds behind yards

cat-harpings1626

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 15 The cat harpings; a Ieare, leatch lines; the Robins, garnit.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 21 Cat harpings are small ropes runne in little blockes from one side of the ship to the other, neere the vpper decke to keepe the shrouds tight for the more safety of the mast from rowling.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Catharpin Fashion, when People in Company Drink cross, and not..according to the Sun's motion.

1779 Cooper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 161 We saw one of our best seamen hanging by his feet in the main catharpins struck dead.

1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. viii. 131 She is too lean in the harping, and too full in the counter, to steer.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vii. 85 The midshipman told me these were called the cat-harpings, because they were so difficult to climb, that a cat would expostulate if ordered to go out by them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	harpings
释义	harpingsn. /ˈhɑːpɪŋz/ Forms: Also 1600s harping, 1700s–1800s harpins, harpens. Etymology: ? < harp n.¹ Nautical. With plural and singular agreement. 1. (a) The fore-parts of the wales which encompass the bow of a ship and are fastened to the stem, being thicker than the after-parts in order to sustain the shock of plunging into the sea; (b) pieces of oak, forming an extension of the ribbands, for holding the cant-frames of a vessel in place until the outside planking is worked. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > wales at bow harpings1658 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > specific kind of timber > temporary frames or planks harpings1658 ribband1711 snying1815 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Harpings, the breadth of a ship at the bow. 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 14 The Sweep of the Harping. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 53 The Channel-wales, which are crooked, call'd Harpings. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xx. 432 Before any frames are hoisted staging is erected at the topsides, and the sheer or gunwale harpins are suspended from it. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 190/1 The timbers are secured by means of a longitudinal ‘harpin’ or ‘ribband’ wrought along under the floors and secured to them. 2. cat-harpings n. (also cat-harping legs) the ropes or (now more generally) iron cramps that serve to brace in the shrouds of the lower-masts behind their respective yards, so as to tighten the shrouds and also give more room to draw the yards in when the ship is close-hauled. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > device for bracing shrouds behind yards cat-harpings1626 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 15 The cat harpings; a Ieare, leatch lines; the Robins, garnit. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 21 Cat harpings are small ropes runne in little blockes from one side of the ship to the other, neere the vpper decke to keepe the shrouds tight for the more safety of the mast from rowling. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Catharpin Fashion, when People in Company Drink cross, and not..according to the Sun's motion. 1779 Cooper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 161 We saw one of our best seamen hanging by his feet in the main catharpins struck dead. 1827 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. viii. 131 She is too lean in the harping, and too full in the counter, to steer. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. vii. 85 The midshipman told me these were called the cat-harpings, because they were so difficult to climb, that a cat would expostulate if ordered to go out by them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1626
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