单词 | monkey barge |
释义 | > as lemmasmonkey barge monkey barge n. a narrowboat. ΚΠ 1849 F. Russell Treat. Power & Duty Arbitrator (App. of Forms) lxxii. 541 in Law Libr. 63 A certain other barge or dummy, commonly called a monkey barge, (not exceeding the width of eight feet and ten inches). 1877 J. H. Ewing Great Emergency vi. 51 We had gone there..to watch for a canal-boat, or ‘monkey-barge’. 1907 Royal Comm. Canals & Waterways III. 162/1 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3718) XXXIII. i. 405 The barge is of the ordinary type, 70 feet long by 7 feet beam, commonly termed a ‘monkey’ barge. 2007 R. Preston Cobra Event 20 The waves flashed with phosphorescence as they slopped against the hull of the monkey barge. < as lemmas |
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