| 单词 | main-piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmain-piece main-piece n. Nautical (a) the principal piece of a ship's head; (b) the principal piece of timber in a rudder; (c) the principal horizontal beam of a windlass. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder ruddereOE governailc1384 steerer1398 gubernaclec1425 timon1511 wooden bridle1614 main-piece1850 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > windlass windlassc1400 main-piece1850 dandy-wink1883 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > any part in front of stem headOE main-piece1850 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 117 Face-piece, A piece of elm, generally tabled on to the fore-part of the knee of the head, to assist the conversion of the main piece. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 144 It [sc. the rudder] is formed of several pieces of timber, of which the main piece is generally of oak. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Windlass The main-piece is whelped like the capstan, and suspended at its ends by powerful spindles. 1982 P. Clissold Layton's Dict. Naut. Words (rev. ed.) Main Piece, Of rudder, is the vertical piece to which the steering-gear is attached. Of a wooden ship, is a piece stepped into stem head and notched for heel of bobstay piece. < as lemmas |
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