| 单词 | pulpit rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspulpit rail pulpit rail n. (a) a rail on a pulpit; (b) the rail forming the ‘pulpit’ on a boat (see sense 3b(c)). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at bow or stern pulpit1512 pulpit rail1855 1855 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism 47 So is this church packed and piled with human beings:—pews, aisles, ledges, pulpit stairs, pulpit rails, and sounding board! 1947 William & Mary Q. 4 169 More than once he is said to have conducted services when only the support of the pulpit rails kept him from falling. 1958 S. A. Grau Hard Blue Sky i. 42 Hector walked the full length of the boat and turning settled himself on the pulpit rail. 1999 Boat Angler May (Special ed.) 46/3 Safety is further improved by..a stainless pulpit rail providing all-round bow safety. 2004 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 30 Dec. 45 The Christmas Nativity scene and Crib [were] placed on the communion table and inside the pulpit rails. < as lemmas |
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