| 单词 | jack in the basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack in the Basket Jack in the Basket n. Nautical a type of warning beacon consisting of a basket, box, etc., on top of a pole, used to mark a sandbank or other dangerous area.Originally and chiefly as the name of certain warning beacons of this type. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > beacon > types of watereOE Jack in the Basket1710 balize1847 beacon-bell1862 1710 Post-man & Hist. Acct. 8 June The Cruiser and Monk's Prize are come to an Anchor at Jack in the Basket. 1893 E. H. Hills Channel Pilot (ed. 8) v. 225 Lymington spit extends 7½ cables in a south-easterly direction from Jack-in-the-basket to the 3-fathoms line. 1941 Beaver Sept. 38/1 Jack-in-the-Basket. A beacon. The Moose River was well buoyed, and the many shoals were marked with high poles surmounted with long wicker baskets, or broom heads of willows. 2008 P. Bruce Solent Hazards (ed. 5) 59/1 Shoal water extends out beyond the line of the Pennington sewer beacon and Jack in the Basket. < as lemmas |
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