单词 | piermaster |
释义 | > as lemmaspiermaster piermaster n. an official in charge of a pier. ΚΠ 1551 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. II. f. 94v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Per The quhilkis vnlawis to be vptakine & ressauit the tane half be the kirkmaisteris & the oder half be the pere maisteris. 1612 in Compt. Bk. D. Wedderburne (1898) 233 Thomas Halyburtoun peirmaster. 1795 Poll for for Member Parl. Borough Yarmouth 29 Table of Occupations Piermaster. 1841 Times 21 Jan. 6/3 The crew of this vessel..were drawn ashore by the pier master with a rope. 1936 J. Grierson High Failure ii. 27 I slept in the piermaster's cottage in order to be as near my machine as possible. 2000 Guardian 15 Jan. (Travel section) 11/1 According to the Piermaster, many of its sections were assembled the wrong way round. < as lemmas |
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