| 单词 | quarter-rail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-rail quarter-rail n. ΚΠ 1754 G. G. Beekman Let. 21 Oct. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 230 [Bad weather] Carried away her Quarter Rails on Starboard Quarter. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Quarter-rails, are narrow-moulded planks, generally of fir, reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 139 Quarter-rails, rails fixed into stanchions from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence. 1981 P. O'Brian Ionian Mission (1996) x. 314 Babbington..was leaning on the quarter-rail with a very pretty young woman in a sort of pink, lacy garment. < as lemmas |
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