单词 | mud bar |
释义 | mud barn. = mudbank n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > mudbank > [noun] oozea1500 ooze bank1668 mudbanka1717 sleek1774 mud bar1813 mudflat1922 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 291 An excellent harbour, called Popra, where a vessel drawing 20 feet water may get in on the springs, over a mud bar. 1852 H. Murray Encycl. Geogr. 372 In many places it deposits immense heaps of drift-wood upon its mud-bars, which become as dangerous to the navigator as shoals and rocks at sea. 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle i. 10 There was a mud-bar with twenty-four feet, but steamers drawing twenty-seven could scrape over, as the bar was soft. 1978 J. Ladd Commandos & Rangers World War II 44 They..reduced speed to 10 knots..as the destroyer twice churned over mud-bars. 2008 B. Herbert & K. J. Anderson Paul of Dune iii. 188 Stilgar was forced to unload heavy weaponry and cargo from the stranded gunbarge so that it would float free of the mud bar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813 |
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