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单词 selvagee
释义

selvageen.

/ˈsɛlvədʒiː/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s salvagee, 1800s silvagee.
Etymology: apparently < selvage n. (sense 4).
Nautical and Military.
(See quot. 1867.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of
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shank1706
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shroud hawser1744
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cringle1787
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bracing-rope1827
selvage-stropc1860
soga1860
four-cant1867
toggle-lanyard1874
maguey1908
snorter1950
snotter1950
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > lashings, seizings, or securing ropes > a rope used for
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1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Salvagees are made with three flat Strands breeded, or by a small Turn put into several Rope Yarns cut into proper Lengths.
1800 J. Mitchell Cursory Observ. Modes Manuf. Cables Pref. Selvagee..is generally pronounced by seamen Salvagee.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Selvagee, a strong and pliant hank, or untwisted skein of rope-yarn marled together, and used as a strap to fasten round a shroud or stay, or slings to which to hook a tackle to hoist in any heavy articles.
1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 392 Selvagees are used for slinging projectiles of the abovementioned natures [i.e. of R.M.L. guns, 9-in. to 12-in., of 25 tons] when loading.

Compounds

selvagee strop n.
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1860 A. H. Alston Seamanship 193 A Selvagee Strop is made of spun-yarn, or small rope, according to the size required, warped off, and marled down.
1904 in Dixon Kemp's Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 10)
selvagee tail n.
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1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 46 The pendant, having two selvagee tails, is secured to the bight.
selvagee twist n.
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1799 J. Mitchell Specif. Patent 2333 3 Selvagee twists are of two sorts.
selvagee wire rope n.
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1843 A. Smith in Trans. Soc. Arts 34 164 Selvagee wire ropes are made of wires laid parallel and without twist.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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