单词 | quarterdecker |
释义 | quarterdeckern. A person or thing situated on or having a quarterdeck; spec. †(a) a gun situated on the quarterdeck (obsolete); (b) an officer who serves on the quarterdeck (see quot. 1867); (c) a ship having a (specified type of) quarterdeck. ΚΠ 1745 Ann. Europe 1742 V. 261 At the same Time I gave him my Broadside of four three-pounders from my lower-deck, and my four small Quarter-deckers. 1772 Narr. Russ. Exped. against Turks 101 The whole squadron to go close in..and run down on the gallies; giving them our upper and quarter deckers as we passed them. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quarter-Deckers, those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiv. 244 It's your blue-coated, gold-braided..quarter-deckers that talk of canes. 1998 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 28 Jan. Out of the fog..swims a ship,..one of the old..Soviet-built raised quarterdeckers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1745 |
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