单词 | oyster scow |
释义 | > as lemmasoyster scow oyster scow n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans oyster boat1419 whelk-boat1419 dredger1600 lobster-boat1777 oyster scow1824 oysterer1828 shrimper1851 pungy1852 shrimp-boat1872 Morecambe Bay shrimper1874 crabber1883 skillinger1933 Morecambe Bay prawner1935 1824 Nantucket Inquirer 26 Jan. He wore a hat of the new oyster-scow cut. 1856 Dollar Times (Cincinnati) 11 Dec. 2/5 Our river boats are palaces of paint and gilding, but a leak from the bowsprit of an oyster-scow will sink one in fifteen minutes. 1976 D. Smith Floating on Solitude iii. 102 I breathe that stale, distant death not quite relinquished from an island floater hollowed by the brass wheel of homebound oyster scows. < as lemmas |
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