单词 | quarter-board |
释义 | > as lemmasquarter-board quarter-board n. †(in early use) some kind of board used in carpentry (obsolete); (later) Nautical (in plural) pieces of wood extended around a ship's quarters and stern (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > types of quarter-board1355 deal1400 fir-deala1450 planchettec1450 crust1486 deal-board1568 slab1573 scabbard1635 scale1683 scale-board1711 planchet1730 shinbin1791 rack deal1808 rack1835 shinlog1842 slabwood1844 1355–6 in W. H. St. J. Hope Windsor Castle (1913) I. 177 (MED) xxix quatterbordis. 1452 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 282 The selyng boord..shalbe quartere borde an inche thyk. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 296 Sawyng of certeyn tymbre into plankes [&] quarterbordes. 1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 174 Quarter boord, iijml. 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd iii. 66 Tree-nails of all sizes, Planks, Inch-boards, Quarter-boards..and such like. 1786 Daily Universal Reg. 15 Dec. 4/1 On Monday the 13th November..we were struck by a heavy sea, which stove the quarter boards of both sides. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 242 Quarter-Boards or Top-gallant Quarter-Boards, a thin bulwark boarding, forming an additional height to the bulwarks at the after part of a vessel. They also get the name of Topgallant bulwarks. 2003 Libr. Jrnl. Rev. (Nexis) 15 Dec. 104 Fascinating sections on vestiges of shipbuilding techniques..such as the presence of ships' knees in house frames, rope handrails, and quarterboards. < as lemmas |
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