单词 | quarter-railing |
释义 | > as lemmasquarter-railing quarter-railing n. ΚΠ 1795 Let. 17 June in Look before you Leap (1796) iii. 48 The sea then struck her with such force that it knocked thirty persons down, at the same time staving in quarter-railing on the weather side. 1806 Times 13 Oct. 3/3 The General, being an excellent swimmer, made the quarter railing. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iii. 100 Antony..was leaning over the quarter railing of the galley. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xx. i, in Tales Wayside Inn 156 He sat concealed,..behind the quarter-railing. 1922 Kansas (Missouri) City Star 12 Jan. 23 Turning, I was upon the quarter-railing in a single leap. < as lemmas |
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