单词 | packet steamer |
释义 | > as lemmaspacket steamer packet steamer n. now historical ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat post-boat1582 post-bark1599 post1600 post packet1634 packet-boat1642 packeta1670 post office packet1780 packet-ship1782 packet-bark1806 packet steamer1842 sailing-packet1842 mailboat1895 multipacket1965 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > cargo-steamer packet steamer1842 puffer1849 smoke-jack1892 1842 Times 17 Oct. 4/6 The Minister of France delayed the departure of the packet steamer for 24 hours. 1859 A. Van Buren Jottings Sojourn in South 34 At noon I took the trig, excellent little ‘Packet Steamer, Home,’ that runs between Vicksburgh and Yazoo City. 1930 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 10 281 He died on board the Clarence, packet-steamer from London to Granton, on May 5th, 1845. 2002 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. 7 Visitors would enter the park through a replica cotton ex-change, then cross a reconstructed packet steamer bridging a lock in the historic Brunswick-Altamaha Canal. < as lemmas |
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