单词 | panchway |
释义 | † panchwayn. Anglo-Indian. Obsolete. A light rowing boat used on rivers in Bengal, having a mast, a tilted roof of matting or thatch, and four oars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > Indian panchway1737 1737 in C. R. Wilson Old Fort William (1906) I. 147 Two Carts broke to pieces and four Ponsways. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies ii. 20 Their larger boats, called panguays, are raised some feet from the sides with reeds and branches of trees, well bound together with small-cord. 1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 39 The paunchways are nearly of the same general construction [as budgerows]. 1823 R. Heber Jrnl. 4 Oct. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. i. 4 A Panchway, or passage boat..large and broad, shaped like a snuffer dish; a deck fore and aft, and the middle covered with a roof of palm branches. 1860 C. Grant Rural Life Bengal 10 You may suppose that I engage neither pinnace nor bujra, but..a small bhouliya... A small native punsóee..with a double set of hands, or four oars, is a lighter and much quicker boat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1737 |
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