playboatn.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪbəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪˌboʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., boat n.¹

Etymology: < play n. + boat n.¹

a. A toy or model boat.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others

spurc1450

cock1608

turnel1621

corala1625

house of cardsa1625

Jack-in-the-box1659

(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662

sucker1681

whirligig1686

playbook1694

card house1733

snapper1788

card castle1792

Aaron's bells?1795

Noah's Ark1807

Jacob's ladder1820

cat-stairs1825

daisy chain1841

beanbag1861

playboat1865

piñata1868

teething ring1872

weet-weet1878

tumble-over1883

water cracker1887

jumping-bean1889

play money1894

serpentin1894

comforter1898

pacifier1901

dummy1903

bubble water1904

yo-yo1915

paper airplane1921

snowstorm1926

titty1927

teaser1935

Slinky1948

teether1949

Mr Potato Head1952

squeeze toy1954

Frisbee1957

mobile1957

chew toy1959

water-rocket1961

Crazy Foam1965

playshop1967

war toy1973

waterball1974

pull-along1976

transformer1984

Aerobie1985

1865 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 48/2 He..averred also that our schooner, at the distance of three hundred yards, would be rolled over, like a child's play-boat, by the wave which an exploding or oversetting iceberg would cause.

1891 G. D. McLeod Stories of Land of Evangeline xi. 276 Seizing the canoe as if it were a play boat, she launched it at once.

1920 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 50 82 Müller..gives an illustration of a toy sailing canoe... The playboat figured by Krämer..from the Gilbert Islands appears to be very similar.

2002 Women & Lang. (Electronic ed.) 25 Spring The boys are steering the play boat while girls are playing around a play boat constructed by the boys.

b. Chiefly British. A replica boat in a children's play area.

ΚΠ

1960 Times 21 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xvii/4 There is a play-boat for children on the shore.

1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 171 A well serviced children's play area, with a swing, playboat and aviary.., and a play elephant called Eric.

2003 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 Sept. 5 The shopping centre is now hosting parties at the Atlantis fun park.., including use of the sky-bounce trampolines, playboat and children's undercover play area.

a. A boat designed for leisure or children's use.In quot. 1873: (perhaps) a permanently moored vessel used for social events or for maritime training.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun]

pleasure boat1654

pleasure craft1846

playboat1873

pleasure cruiser1891

1873 Times 29 Sept. 11/2 Horton eventually reached the play-boat at the top of Chiswick Eyot, a clever winner.., having rowed a steady stroke from the commencement.

1922 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 6 Nov. 5/2 The Island Queen, summer play boat of a generation of Cincinnati, is a charred ruin.

1937 Helena (Montana) Independent 9 Jan. 7/6 I bought a four-foot play boat for $15.

1976 G. Black Moon for Killers i. 7 That is not a playboat. I had it built..to do a specific job, which is checking up on my junk fleet.

1996 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 22 Aug. Strive to keep the harbor open for working fishermen and place the ‘play boats’ further out in the harbor.

b. A short, manoeuvrable kayak designed for performing stunts in white water.

ΚΠ

1988 Boating Industry (Nexis) Sept. 176 The Dagger Canoe Company..has introduced its Caper, a 14 ft 3 in solo whitewater playboat. The model is designed to provide stability, dryness, and speed. The Caper has a shallow-arch hull, composite rocker curve, and elliptical waterline entry. Extreme fullness at the ends gives it a dry ride without excessive beam or depth.

1990 Canoe Dec. 14/2 The most exciting import was..a two-person whitewater kayak playboat.

1998 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 July 1 d With the advent of ‘playboats’ specially designed for maneuverability, kayakers can perform radical maneuvers across the faces of those waves.

2002 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 16 May b5 Squamish also offers excitement at this time of year to creekers—kayakers who get their thrills by dropping their short playboats into the tumbling Cheekeye, Ashlu and other local creeks.

Derivatives

ˈplayboater n. a person involved in playboating.

ΚΠ

1991 Canoe Mar. 27/3 Local playboaters put-in below the cascading, 80-foot Great Falls..where they catch two regionally-famous kayak and canoe surfing spots.

2003 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 12 Feb. 29 The book also contains a new section on kayaking spots where people can ‘park and play’—a concession to the growing wave of playboaters who would rather spend hours at one particularly fun wave or hole than do a lengthy river run.

ˈplayboating n. the sport or activity of canoeing in a playboat.

ΚΠ

1990 Re: Boats for Short People in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet newsgroup) 18 July The assistant is a friendly chap called Ian who is into playboating.

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Mar. 20 It's a new facet of the sport, playboating, which Ross is keen to concentrate on in the future. In May, he is heading up to the Etive in Glencoe for his first Extreme race, where freestyle tricks are the order of the day.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	playboat
释义	playboatn. Brit. /ˈpleɪbəʊt/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌboʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., boat n.¹ Etymology: < play n. + boat n.¹ 1. a. A toy or model boat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1865 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 48/2 He..averred also that our schooner, at the distance of three hundred yards, would be rolled over, like a child's play-boat, by the wave which an exploding or oversetting iceberg would cause. 1891 G. D. McLeod Stories of Land of Evangeline xi. 276 Seizing the canoe as if it were a play boat, she launched it at once. 1920 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 50 82 Müller..gives an illustration of a toy sailing canoe... The playboat figured by Krämer..from the Gilbert Islands appears to be very similar. 2002 Women & Lang. (Electronic ed.) 25 Spring The boys are steering the play boat while girls are playing around a play boat constructed by the boys. b. Chiefly British. A replica boat in a children's play area. ΚΠ 1960 Times 21 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xvii/4 There is a play-boat for children on the shore. 1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 171 A well serviced children's play area, with a swing, playboat and aviary.., and a play elephant called Eric. 2003 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 Sept. 5 The shopping centre is now hosting parties at the Atlantis fun park.., including use of the sky-bounce trampolines, playboat and children's undercover play area. 2. a. A boat designed for leisure or children's use.In quot. 1873: (perhaps) a permanently moored vessel used for social events or for maritime training. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] pleasure boat1654 pleasure craft1846 playboat1873 pleasure cruiser1891 1873 Times 29 Sept. 11/2 Horton eventually reached the play-boat at the top of Chiswick Eyot, a clever winner.., having rowed a steady stroke from the commencement. 1922 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 6 Nov. 5/2 The Island Queen, summer play boat of a generation of Cincinnati, is a charred ruin. 1937 Helena (Montana) Independent 9 Jan. 7/6 I bought a four-foot play boat for $15. 1976 G. Black Moon for Killers i. 7 That is not a playboat. I had it built..to do a specific job, which is checking up on my junk fleet. 1996 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 22 Aug. Strive to keep the harbor open for working fishermen and place the ‘play boats’ further out in the harbor. b. A short, manoeuvrable kayak designed for performing stunts in white water. ΚΠ 1988 Boating Industry (Nexis) Sept. 176 The Dagger Canoe Company..has introduced its Caper, a 14 ft 3 in solo whitewater playboat. The model is designed to provide stability, dryness, and speed. The Caper has a shallow-arch hull, composite rocker curve, and elliptical waterline entry. Extreme fullness at the ends gives it a dry ride without excessive beam or depth. 1990 Canoe Dec. 14/2 The most exciting import was..a two-person whitewater kayak playboat. 1998 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 31 July 1 d With the advent of ‘playboats’ specially designed for maneuverability, kayakers can perform radical maneuvers across the faces of those waves. 2002 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 16 May b5 Squamish also offers excitement at this time of year to creekers—kayakers who get their thrills by dropping their short playboats into the tumbling Cheekeye, Ashlu and other local creeks. Derivatives ˈplayboater n. a person involved in playboating. ΚΠ 1991 Canoe Mar. 27/3 Local playboaters put-in below the cascading, 80-foot Great Falls..where they catch two regionally-famous kayak and canoe surfing spots. 2003 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 12 Feb. 29 The book also contains a new section on kayaking spots where people can ‘park and play’—a concession to the growing wave of playboaters who would rather spend hours at one particularly fun wave or hole than do a lengthy river run. ˈplayboating n. the sport or activity of canoeing in a playboat. ΚΠ 1990 Re: Boats for Short People in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet newsgroup) 18 July The assistant is a friendly chap called Ian who is into playboating. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Mar. 20 It's a new facet of the sport, playboating, which Ross is keen to concentrate on in the future. In May, he is heading up to the Etive in Glencoe for his first Extreme race, where freestyle tricks are the order of the day. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
随便看	θ184654 θ184655 θ184656 θ184657 θ184658 θ184659 θ18466 θ184660 θ184661 θ184662 θ184663 θ184664 θ184665 θ184666 θ184667 θ184668 θ184669 θ18467 θ184670 θ184671 θ184672 θ184673 θ184674 θ184675 θ184676