单词 | pilot tower |
释义 | > as lemmaspilot tower pilot tower n. Nautical (a) a part of a ship from which a pilot navigates (now rare); (b) a tower used by coastal pilots to observe approaching ships. ΚΠ 1865 Times 19 Dec. 10/2 The ship was quick in answering her helm, and her steering arrangements are excellent, having one wheel in front of the poop, and a second under the pilot tower forward. 1902 Delphos (Ohio) Daily Herald 22 Aug. 2/3 Immovable in his high pilot-tower the Indian stood,..firmly grasping the spokes of the wheel. 1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 June 14 a ‘I recommended that he head the vessel more toward’ the pilot tower, the local pilot..told the hearing. 2003 Workboat (Nexis) 60 30 Hanna..made the short drive to the Cape Henry pilot tower, one of the first points of contact for vessels entering U.S. waters off the Virginia coast. < as lemmas |
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