单词 | inhauler |
释义 | inhaulern. An appliance for hauling in; spec. (Nautical) ‘the rope used for hauling in the clue of a boomsail, or jib-traveller’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > inhaul or outhaul inhauler1793 outhauler1793 outhaul1840 inhaul1860 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §269 The hook by which the in-hauler guy of the shears was attached, became undone; and in consequence the shears came forward. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 223 Inhauler makes fast to the traveller. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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