单词 | becket |
释义 | becketn.1 English regional (East Anglian). Now historical. A narrow, elongated spade used for cutting turf, usually having a second cutter or wing set at a right angle to the main blade. Cf. slane n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > turf- or peat-cutter turf-spade1477 peat-spade1492 turfing-spade1677 slane1745 becket1764 rutter1778 turskill1812 turfing-iron1852 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 cvi. 355 He proceeds to digging with a tool called a becket, fit for that purpose only [sc. digging turf]. 1877 S. B. J. Skertchly Geol. of Fenland 136 The tool with which the cesses are dug is called a becket. 1976 Daily Tel. Mag. 16 July 32/2 He dug turf or peat with a becket. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). becketn.2 Nautical. A simple contrivance, usually a loop of rope with a knot on one end and eye at the other, but also a large hook, or a wooden bracket, used for confining loose ropes, tackle, ropes, oars, spars, etc. in a convenient place, and also for holding or securing the tacks and sheets of sails, and for similar purposes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > becket becket1769 button and eye (or loop)1794 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) Beckets are either large hooks, or short pieces of rope, with a knot on one end and an eye in the other, or formed like a circular wreath; or they are wooden brackets. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. x. 138 A pistol stuck..in a becket at the side of the boat. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 45 Bunt beckets are sewn on the after part of the sail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † becketn.3 Obsolete rare. (See quot. 1866) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > quantity of clouta1600 becket1866 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxii. 580 We find purchases of silk on behalf of the warden of Merton. These purchases are called ‘beckets’ or ‘begens’... Three begens or beckets were equal in quantity and price to the amount ordinarily used for lining the summer robes of a great person.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). becketv. transitive. To fasten or secure by beckets; to furnish with beckets. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > attach stirrup or becket stirrup1748 becket1823 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xv. 223 I larnt..how a top-gallant-sail was to be becketted. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxiii. 295 Preserved meat boxes..ready strapped and becketed (nautice for trunk-handled). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11764n.21769n.31866v.1823 |
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