单词 | boat horn |
释义 | > as lemmasboat horn boat horn n. (a) a horn used for signalling from a boat; †(b) an ox-horn used to wet the sails of a boat (obsolete. rare). ΚΠ 1810 Port Folio Oct. 314 The sound of the boat horns from several Kentucky arks..produced a most charming effect. 1838 C. Mathews Motley Bk. (new ed.) 149 A boat-horn..consists of the horn of an ox attached to the extremity of a wooden handle, and is used in our sloops and other river craft, to wet the sails. 1888 Harper's Mag. Dec. 48/1 The outline of his long boat-horn caught his eye, and picking it up he sounded its winding largo voice. 1977 J. Lee Tales Boatmen Told xiii. 170 I even had a boat horn that my Grandpa had on the canal. 2002 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 27 Oct. f14 He released one prolonged blast of the boat horn, then steered the boat into the harbor. < as lemmas |
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