单词 | marabut |
释义 | † marabutn. Nautical. Obsolete. Originally: one of the lateen sails of the mainmast of a Mediterranean galley. Later, more generally: a lateen sail (see quot. 1659). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay > types of marabut1622 flying jib1711 storm-jiba1827 spitfire-jib1858 jib topsail1866 reaching foresail1901 reacher1903 jumbo1912 Yankee1912 Yankee jib1912 Genoa1932 Genoa jib1932 slave1934 quad1937 slave jib1948 masthead genoa1958 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 191 They tooke out another lesser one [i.e. sail], which they call Marabuto,..which is a kinde of triangulary sayle. 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §vi, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) The marabut, a triangular kind of sayl belonging to a Carvel; Il marabuto. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Marabut, a sail which galleys hoisted in bad weather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1622 |
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