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单词 mitch-board
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mitch-boardn.

Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mitch n.2, board n.
Etymology: Perhaps < mitch n.2 (although 19th-cent. attestations are lacking for this word) + board n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mi·tʃˌboəɹd) /ˈmɪtʃbɔəd/.
Nautical. Obsolete.
A support (usually a wooden crutch) for a mast, boom, yard, or other horizontal spar when not in use.
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1883 E. W. H. Holdsworth Sea Fisheries 58 The mast of these Yarmouth luggers..is supported about the middle by a broad upright piece of wood called a ‘mitch-board’.
1887 H. Caine Deemster I. x. 206 Davy jumped on deck, took a lantern and fixed it to the top of the mitch board.
1894 R. Leighton Wreck Golden Fleece 18 The crutch of the mitch-board.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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