单词 | pilotage |
释义 | pilotagen. Chiefly Nautical. 1. a. The function or office of pilot on a vessel; the employment of a pilot, esp. as prescribed by local law for shipping in particular stretches of water. Also: the art or skill of piloting a vessel, esp. in shallow or treacherous waters. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > pilotage lodemanagec1405 petilodemanage1531 pilotage1577 pilotism1611 pilotship1612 piloting1663 pilotry1744 hovelling1880 mud pilotage1932 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 4 They may be the better hable to be diuided and distributed, in a greater Nauy, with charge of Mastership or Pylotage. a1618 W. Raleigh Apol. Voy. Guiana 55 in Judicious & Sel. Ess. (1650) Otherwise we must for ever abandon the Indies, and loose all our knowledge, and our Pylotage of that part of the world. 1672 Minutes Hudson's Bay Co. (1942) 199 Paid for Pylotage of the Employ Barke. 4.10. 1716 Act 3 Geo. I c. 13 §1 Every Person must appear at a Court of Loadmanage, and be publickly examined..touching his Skill and Abilities in Pilotage, before he is to be admitted a Member. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 14 They have paid the utmost attention to pilotage. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 126 I shall never save the ship by my own pilotage. 1885 Law Times 79 189/2 Duties for defraying the expenses of pilotage, wharfage, lighthouses, and lights and buoys. 1949 Dict. National Biogr. 1931–40 at David, first Earl Beatty A first-class certificate in torpedo, a second class in seamanship, gunnery and pilotage, [etc.]. 1993 Amicus Jrnl. Spring 42/3 Other important aspects of spill prevention—including pilotage, pipelines, and tanker-free zones—are not addressed in the act at all. b. figurative and in extended use. Guidance, direction. Also: skilful manoeuvring or navigation. Cf. pilot v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > guiding, leading, or showing the way lodec1175 leadinga1300 forleadinga1387 teachinga1400 guidingc1425 conveying1483 conducting1517 conduction1541 conduct?c1550 well guiding1577 pilotage1600 deduction?1615 piloting1663 guidership1849 1600 R. Cecil Let. 28 Jan. in Lett. R. Cecil to G. Carew (1864) 2 I sayle between two Rocks, wherein i must desire your Pilotage, which is the Principall motyf of this lettre. 1726 S. Sewall Diary 16 May (1973) II. 1047 By the pilotage of the Lt. Governour's Servant..Went the way by Mr. Prescott's Meetinghouse. 1787 A. Smith Let. 6 Mar. in Corr. (1977) 301 I am getting better and better..every day; and I begin to flatter myself that, with good pilotage, I shall be able to weather this dangerous promontory of Human life. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 59 He left the room under the pilotage of Mrs. Chick. 1877 R. H. Roberts Harry Holbrooke of Holbrooke Hall ii. 24 A chosen lot..look to him for pilotage through the line of gates. 1914 L. Woolf Wise Virgins xiii. 200 The days raced gaily by under the skilful pilotage of Mr. Macausland. 1989 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 25 299/2 The pigeons obviously take advantage of two independent homing methods, olfactory navigation and non-olfactory pilotage. c. The art or skill of controlling or navigating an aircraft or spacecraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [noun] > action or practice of piloting piloting1911 pilotage1922 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 13/2 Then came pilotage and the elements of commercial flying. 1932 Flight 6 Oct. 949/1 The Air Council have had under consideration the policy regarding training in air pilotage. 1969 Daily Mail 16 Jan. 5/6 We had some difficulty on Apollo 8, with ‘pilotage’, that is, trying to plot our path on the map of the back side of the Moon. 1993 Flyer July 38/2 Pilotage was difficult. Even though we now must have been only 40 miles from Lodwar. 2. Payment for the services of a pilot on a vessel; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] lastinglOE lastage1205 anchorage1405 strandage1419 plankage1424 quayage1440 lowage1457 measurage1460 perch money1466 perching1483 keel-toll?1499 wharf-gelt1505 sand-gelt1527 wharfage1535 soundage1562 towage1562 groundage1567 bankage1587 rowage1589 shore-silver1589 pilotage1591 dayage1592 ballastage1594 rivage1598 pieragec1599 shore-mail1603 lightage1606 shorage1611 port charge1638 light money1663 port due1663 water-bailage1669 mensuragea1676 mooragea1676 keelage1679 shore-due1692 harbour-due1718 lockage1722 magazinage1736 jettage?1737 light duty1752 tide-duty1769 port duty1776 dockage1788 light due1793 canalage1812 posting-dues1838 warpage1863 winch1864 postage1868 flag-dues1892 berthage1893 shore-levy- 1591 in J. Nichols Illustr. Manners & Expences Antient Times Eng. (1797) 302 For the transportation..of myselff and my companye, and other chardges, from Dover to Diepe, with pillotage ther dew. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. xxi. 141 The Merchant like~wise doth couenant to pay Pilotage, if a Pilot be vsed to bring the ship into the harbor. 1670 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1957) V. 73 Vessels..must pay 3 pilatages before they come to Dort. 1718 J. Steuart Let. 5 May in Let.-bk. (1915) 80 Your are to alow no pylatadge from Orkney to come in avaradge. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 210 Extraordinary Pilotage and Anchorage..shall appertain to common Average. 1825 Act 6 George IV c. 125 §38 Every Pilot so taken to Sea..shall, over and above his pilotage, have and receive Ten Shillings and Sixpence per Diem. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxiii. 363 That's business, I guess; grudged me twenty dollars' pilotage, and lost twenty thousand in trade. 1915 W. H. Page Note to Sir E. Grey 5 Nov. §31 Costs and expenses..such as pilotage,..harbour dues, warehouseage,..etc., be paid by the claimants. 1998 China News (Nexis) 11 May Harbor pilots backed down on their demand of immediate payment of pilotage for April. 3. An authority or establishment which supervises or employs pilots. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > regulatory authorities Trinity House1566 pilotage1811 Lloyd's Register (of Shipping)1819 Shipping Board1919 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain I. p. xxxvi This chronometrical longitude..is also found in the minute plan of the port of Acapulco..copied at the audience of the pilotage of Lima. 1881 Times 17 Jan. 12/4 If frost persists and ice increases, the pilotage will probably refuse pilots to sailing vessels, unless they are assisted by tugs. 2004 Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chron. (Nexis) 5 June 1 b The company also has to deal with..the Office of Great Lakes Pilotage over piloting issues. ΚΠ 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle i. 4 Under the verandah of the pilotage. Compounds General attributive. pilotage certificate n. ΚΠ 1854 Merchant Shipping Act 17 & 18 Victoria c. 104 §353 Every Master of any unexempted Ship..who..himself pilots such Ship without possessing a Pilotage Certificate enabling him so to do..shall for every such Offence incur a Penalty. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 775/1 Pilotage certificates may also be granted..to masters and mates of ships. 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Feb. 3 I issue pilotage certificates to most of the ferryboat masters using the port regularly. pilotage directions n. ΚΠ 1818 Times 11 Nov. 4/1 A Chart of Rio de la Plata, with Pilotage Directions. 1924 Air Pilot: Great Brit. ii. iv. 19 (heading) Pilotage Directions. 1999 Yachting (Nexis) 1 Oct. 60 We edged into Anegada slowly, following the pilotage directions. pilotage dues n. ΚΠ 1825 Times 28 Sept. 2/2 British vessels..are only chargeable with the same pilotage dues as those under the Netherlands or Dutch flag. 1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 at Sutherland, Sir Thomas A considerable sum was saved annually by the shipowners in pilotage dues. 2003 Lincolnshire Echo (Nexis) 1 Feb. 26 The pilotage dues on compulsory piloted vessels. ΚΠ 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 230 Many Swedish officers of the pilotage establishment declared..in favour of this opinion. 1898 Hawaiian Gaz. 12 Aug. 8/1 I would further suggest that the tug..become a part of the pilotage establishment of the port. pilotage rate n. ΚΠ 1859 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation (ed. 2) 1343/1 Pilotage rates at Melbourne, 1856. 1897 Overland Monthly Jan.–June 65/1 A pilotage rate of one dollar per foot to be charged whalers. 1977 Times 2 Nov. 11/5 Ships going to the coastal ports of Felixstowe or Harwich..pay pilotage rates. ΚΠ 1873 Times 7 Oct. 6/6 In the day time, to be hoisted at the fore..the International Code pilotage signal indicated by P.T. pilotage waters n. ΚΠ 1866 Times 13 Sept. 10/2 The Tantallon Castle..arrived in pilotage-waters on the 21st. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 7/2 At the time of the accident the ship was in pilotage waters. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Jan. 17 Accountability for harbour authorities to ensure the safety of shipping in pilotage waters around the UK. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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