单词 | restow |
释义 | restowv. transitive. To stow again. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > load or unload cargo > load a ship or a cargo > stow and arrange cargo > again restow1774 1774 R. Hotham Candid State Affairs 14 Her Owners cannot go to Bengal, to re-stow her; as the Owners did to Gravesend, to restow the York, after the Captain had assured them..that the ship was full. 1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1941) III. 270 The Ships company employed working up Junk and restowing the Warranted Officers store rooms. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 256 We had refitted the rigging fore and aft, re-stowed and cleaned the hold, and painted outside. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxii. 158 We were busy re-stowing the upper tier of the cargo. 1872 Daily News 19 Jan. [He] told Captain Thrupp to report to him when ship was restowed. 1909 T. Beyer Life in Navy 42 After Secure has sounded everything is re-stowed, magazines are locked and the keys returned to the captain. 1963 Times 10 Jan. 5/2 The casting was restowed and the Norfolk Ferry tried to make the crossing to the Continent late last night. 1994 B. Anderson All Nice Girls v. 92 He was mending his slipper, restowing the extruded horsehair with an awl and sail-maker's palm. Derivatives reˈstowal n. rare ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo > arranging or stowage of cargo > again restowing1855 restowal1882 1882 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise xiv [He] got on the deck alongside of me to superintend the restowal of the broken-out goods. 1908 R. G. Campbell Neutral Rights & Obligations in Anglo-Boer War iii. 91 The crew..completed the search on the sixth but were unable to complete the restowal until the morning of the tenth. reˈstowing n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo > arranging or stowage of cargo > again restowing1855 restowal1882 1855 F. Chamier My Trav. II. x. 155 Rather than have the unpacking and restowing of those twenty-seven cases, trunks, and boxes. 1894 Outing 24 35 The restowing of the ballast had been a tedious job. 1922 Federal Reporter 279 939 The vessel needed repairs and a restowing of part of its cargo. 2006 P. Kearney Forsaken Earth ii. 30 The heaviest work was the restowing of the stores in the hold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1774 |
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