| 单词 | luff-tackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasluff-tackle luff-tackle n. a purchase composed of a double and a single block, used for various purposes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > consisting of single double block luff-tackle1698 luff1840 1698 T. Savery Navigation Improv'd (plate betw. 4 and 5) A pice of Iron, to which a luff Takle may bee Fixed, to lift those [paddles] that are to Heavey for mens Strength. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Loof Tackle. 1775 N. D. Falck Philos. Diss. Diving Vessel 51 Belay all safe with stout salvages and loff-tackles. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §253 That buoy..was confined to the side of the Weston by a small luff-tackle which laid hold of it. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 61 They are..transported to their places by luff tackles. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 66 The luff tackle used for loading and unloading the magazine. < as lemmas |
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