单词 | rouse-out |
释义 | rouse-outn. Originally and chiefly Nautical. Now rare. An act of waking a person or people up; a wake-up call. Cf. to rouse out 2 at rouse v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1861 Punch 20 July 29/1 At half-past five, shore time, or three bells, to be nautical, the day's business begins with a general rouse-out. 1881 C. A. Stephens Knockabout Club in Woods (1882) xi. 122 The result was a most unwelcome rouse-out shortly after ten o'clock. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Aug. 508/1 The watch below turned in at eight bells, having been cautioned to be ready for a rouseout I paced the deck for some time. 1906 Mrs. C. Dauncey Englishwoman in Philippines xli. 318 The music did not mean that anything was happening, beyond that its playing was a sort of general rouse-out and reminder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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