| 单词 | rubbing paunch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrubbing paunch rubbing paunch n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > covering to save mast from chafing paunch1794 rubbing paunch1797 paunch piecec1860 1797 D. Steel Art of making Masts 122 Trim and fasten rubbing-paunch to the fore-mast. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 13 The mast is ready for the piece of timber called a rubbing paunch made of fir, to receive the chafe of the lower yard. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 9 Rubbing paunch, a batten up and down the forepart of a lower mast, to keep the lower yards clear of the hoops when going up or down. 1955 C. N. Longridge Anat. Nelson's Ships ii. xi. 164 A rubbing paunch attached to the fore side of the mast. 2003 K. Julier Period Ship Kit Builder's Man. (2005) xiv. 95/1 The flat on the front to seat any rubbing paunch or fish is filed at 90 degrees to the cheek seating. < as lemmas |
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