单词 | blockade man |
释义 | > as lemmasblockade man blockade man n. British (now historical) a member of a force employed to prevent smuggling; cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who guards the coast blockman1570 blockade man1821 coastguard-man1848 gobby1883 1821Blockade men [see sense 3]. 1882 C. Fleet Glimpses Ancestors 1st Ser. 82 Constant conflicts between the blockade-men and the smugglers. 2001 P. Hastings in F. Lansberry Govt. & Politics in Kent, 1640–1914 iv. 117 At Ramsgate the authorities were strengthened by ‘blockade men’. < as lemmas |
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