| 单词 | moonsheered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoon-sheered moon-sheered adj. Nautical rare designating a ship whose superstructure is built up very high fore and aft. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Moon-sheered, a ship the upper works of which rise very high, fore and aft. 1935 Scribner's Mag. July 120/2 Looking at the sharply beautiful bows of a clipper they remembered the crescent of a new moon, and said: ‘She is moon-sheered.’ moon-sheered Of a ship: Built with a (particular kind of) sheer. Usually with defining word as moon-sheered, straight-sheered. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having (specific) sheer sheered1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Vaisseau qui a le côté foible, a streight-sheered ship. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 235 Sheered,..tonturé; moon —, fort enhuché; round —, gondolé, fort tonturé, de côté fort;..straight —, low-built ship, vaisseau ras, m.; straight—upper works, accastillage ras, m. < as lemmas |
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