| 单词 | quarter-badge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-badge quarter-badge n. Nautical (now historical) an ornamental window-surround, or a representation of a window, at the stern of a small sailing vessel. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Bouteilles, the quarter-badges of a ship. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iv. xiv. 390 To the ἀκροστόλια in the prow answered the ἄϕλαστα, quarter-badges, in the stern. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quarter-badge, artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galleries. 1893 Man. Seamanship for Boys 10 Q. What are quarter badges? A. Carved ornaments near the stern. 1990 Herald Sun (Nexis) 19 Oct. Several of her carvings, including a quarterbadge—the frame which surrounds the window of the captain's cabin in the stern of the ship—..have made the finals of the National Woodwork Competition. < as lemmas |
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