port-lastn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtlɑːst/,

/ˈpɔːtlast/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrtˌlæst/

Forms: 1600s porteles, 1600s portlace, 1600s portlasse, 1600s portlesse, 1600s–1800s port-last, 1700s–1800s portland (irregular).

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to earlier portlof n. and later portoise n.

Nautical. Now archaic.

The gunwale of a ship. a port-last: (of a yard) lowered to the level of the gunwales. Cf. portoise n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [phrase] > lowered to the deck (of yards)

a port-last1612

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost

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wale-stock1350

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sheer-strake1805

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wale-streak1856

waling-piece1909

1612 J. Guy Jrnl. 6 Nov. in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) IV. 156/1 They [sc. canoes] be all bearing from the keele to the porteles, not with any circular line but with a righte line.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. x. vii. 1881 In the middle the Canoa is higher a great deale then in the Bowe and quarter, they be all bearing from the Keele to the portlesse not with any circular line but with a right line.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 11 The Portlesse of the Fore-Castell was in the water.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. vi. 64 Our Main-yard and Fore-yard were lowered down a Port last, as we call it, that is down pretty nigh the Deck.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Port-last, the same as the Gun-wale of a Ship; therefore they say a Yard is down a Port-last, when it lies down on the Deck.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World i. 3 By 11 of the clock we were under bare poles, with our yards a portland.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Hutter, to lower the lower yards down a port-last.

1815 Sporting Mag. 46 164 A ship lying to, with her yards a portland.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Port-last, or Portoise, synonymous with gunwale.

1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World v. 202 They lowered the yard a-portlast, striving harder one would have said than it was possible for men to strive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	port-last
释义	port-lastn. Brit. /ˈpɔːtlɑːst/, /ˈpɔːtlast/, U.S. /ˈpɔrtˌlæst/ Forms: 1600s porteles, 1600s portlace, 1600s portlasse, 1600s portlesse, 1600s–1800s port-last, 1700s–1800s portland (irregular). Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to earlier portlof n. and later portoise n. Nautical. Now archaic. The gunwale of a ship. a port-last: (of a yard) lowered to the level of the gunwales. Cf. portoise n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [phrase] > lowered to the deck (of yards) a port-last1612 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost walec1330 wale-stock1350 gunwale1466 port-last1612 planeshearc1620 planksheeringa1687 portoise1705 wale-piece1739 sheer-strake1805 sheer-wale1805 planksheer1827 sheer1841 covering-board1846 wale-streak1856 waling-piece1909 1612 J. Guy Jrnl. 6 Nov. in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) IV. 156/1 They [sc. canoes] be all bearing from the keele to the porteles, not with any circular line but with a righte line. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. x. vii. 1881 In the middle the Canoa is higher a great deale then in the Bowe and quarter, they be all bearing from the Keele to the portlesse not with any circular line but with a right line. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 11 The Portlesse of the Fore-Castell was in the water. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. vi. 64 Our Main-yard and Fore-yard were lowered down a Port last, as we call it, that is down pretty nigh the Deck. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Port-last, the same as the Gun-wale of a Ship; therefore they say a Yard is down a Port-last, when it lies down on the Deck. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World i. 3 By 11 of the clock we were under bare poles, with our yards a portland. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Hutter, to lower the lower yards down a port-last. 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 164 A ship lying to, with her yards a portland. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Port-last, or Portoise, synonymous with gunwale. 1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World v. 202 They lowered the yard a-portlast, striving harder one would have said than it was possible for men to strive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
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