| 单词 | quarter-davit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-davit quarter-davit n. ΚΠ 1833 J. E. Alexander Transatlantic Sketches II. ix. 233 They..placed them [sc. the passengers] with their baggage, in a boat hanging from the quarter davits. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quarter-davits, pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quarters, to hoist boats up to. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque ii. 58 Her captain..was urging Jack not to get his boats off the booms—Tartarus had quarter-davits. < as lemmas |
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