sheer-hulkshear-hulkn.

Etymology: < sheer, shear n.¹ 4 + hulk n.² 3.The etymologically preferable spelling shear-hulk is little used. In the popular figurative use of the word, derived from nautical songs, the first element is often misunderstood as sheer adjective, and the compound written as two words.

The hulk or body of an old disused ship fitted with shears, etc., for hoisting purposes; also a vessel specially built and fitted with shears.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > (dismantled) ship used for specific purposes

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1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 139 When the Fame Man of War was driven from her mooring in Hamoaze; together with the sheer-hulk on the rocks.

1799 Capt. Portlock in Naval Chron. 3 71 She had been built for a sheer-hulk.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 385/2 The S. Raphael..being too bad for a sheer-hulk was purchased by Mr. Hawker of Plymouth.

1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Sheer-hulk..written also shear-hulk.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xii. §2754 Double sheer hulk for raising sunken vessels.

figurative.1790 C. Dibdin Coll. Songs I. 230 Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling.1866 Sir P. Wallis in J. G. Brighton Adm. of Fleet (1892) 213 Then a young lieutenant, but now a worn~out sheer hulk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sheer-hulk
释义	sheer-hulkshear-hulkn. Etymology: < sheer, shear n.¹ 4 + hulk n.² 3.The etymologically preferable spelling shear-hulk is little used. In the popular figurative use of the word, derived from nautical songs, the first element is often misunderstood as sheer adjective, and the compound written as two words. The hulk or body of an old disused ship fitted with shears, etc., for hoisting purposes; also a vessel specially built and fitted with shears. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > (dismantled) ship used for specific purposes hulk1671 sheer-hulk1769 1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 139 When the Fame Man of War was driven from her mooring in Hamoaze; together with the sheer-hulk on the rocks. 1799 Capt. Portlock in Naval Chron. 3 71 She had been built for a sheer-hulk. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 385/2 The S. Raphael..being too bad for a sheer-hulk was purchased by Mr. Hawker of Plymouth. 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Sheer-hulk..written also shear-hulk. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xii. §2754 Double sheer hulk for raising sunken vessels. figurative.1790 C. Dibdin Coll. Songs I. 230 Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling.1866 Sir P. Wallis in J. G. Brighton Adm. of Fleet (1892) 213 Then a young lieutenant, but now a worn~out sheer hulk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1769
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