单词 | sea-craft |
释义 | sea-craftn. 1. Maritime skill, skill in navigation. Often written seacraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > art or science of ship-craft1398 shipman-craft1418 marinage1511 marinership1542 navigation1559 watercraft1566 shipmastery1593 marinary1684 sea-craft1727 seamanship1766 nautics1793 boatmanship1812 sailorship1820 watermanship1830 shipmanship1838 seamancraft1871 wayfinding1871 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 221 Alexander..to shew how little he considered the Sea-craft of the Persians,..employed none of that Country in his Fleet. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 246 Its population were pre-eminent in sea craft and traffic. 2. Shipbuilding. (See quot. 1867.) ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sea-crafts,..a term for the scarphed strakes otherwise called clamps. 3. Seagoing craft; sea-vessels considered collectively. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > ocean-going vessel > collectively sea-craft1919 1919 Q. Rev. Jan. 184 Vessels, whether sea-craft or air-craft. 1923 Daily Mail 24 Jan. 5 Certain types of surface naval craft should have sufficient power in their engine-rooms..to transform them from seacraft into machines which fly. 1928 Daily Express 18 Jan. 1 Our oldest craft, seacraft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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