单词 | sconce-piece |
释义 | > as lemmassconce-piece 4. (Also sconce-piece.) A low water-washed iceberg (see quot. 1856). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > low water-washed sconce-piece1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. vii. 72 Just then, a broad sconce~piece or low water-washed berg came driving up... As the sconce moved rapidly close alongside us, McGary managed to plant an anchor on its slope. 1889 R. Collinson & T. B. Collinson Jrnl. H.M.S. Enterprise 1850–55 294 We..were..unable to see our way among the sconces, and..I hove-to for daylight. < as lemmas |
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