| 单词 | spanish burton |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpanish burton a. A small tackle consisting of two or three blocks or pulleys used to set up or tighten rigging, or to shift heavy bodies. There are several varieties, as Spanish burton, top burton. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > other tackles polancre1356 Breton tackle1495 burton1704 relieving tackle1717 Spanish burton1829 watch-tackle1840 pendant tackle1852 top-burtonc1860 cant-fall1867 coal-whipper1881 1704 in J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Burton, a..small tackle, formed by two blocks or pullies..employed to tighten the shrouds of the top-masts. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 199 Burton-Pendents are..placed over the topmast-head, that the thimbles may hang on each side, to hook the burton-tackles in. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 118/1 The Spanish barton consists of two moveable wheels and one fixed wheel. 1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 35 The top burtons are hooked to the burton pendants. Spanish burton Spanish burton n. Nautical (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > other tackles polancre1356 Breton tackle1495 burton1704 relieving tackle1717 Spanish burton1829 watch-tackle1840 pendant tackle1852 top-burtonc1860 cant-fall1867 coal-whipper1881 1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Mechanics ii. viii. 36 In figs. 65, 66, are represented systems with two ropes and two moveable pullies, called Spanish burtons. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 55 A single Spanish burton, has three single blocks; or two single blocks and a hook fixed to one of the bights of the standing part of the tackle. A double Spanish burton, has one double and two single blocks. < as lemmas |
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