| 单词 | bollard-timber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbollard-timber a. A wooden or iron post, on a ship, a whale-boat, or a quay, for securing ropes to. Also attributive, as in bollard-head, bollard-timber (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > object to which ship is moored > on land or on a ship land-fast1703 bollard1844 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > cleat or bollard kevelc1330 cleat1377 bollard1844 belaying-cleat1862 thumb-cleat1867 stag-horn1923 niggerhead1927 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows > supports for pillow1626 knight-head1711 bollard-timber1844 bedc1860 1844 A. C. Key Narr. Recov. H.M.S. Gorgon (1847) 67 The threefold block taken close forward to a bollard on the forecastle. 1863 Times 19 Mar. 14/2 Like the Warrior she will have on each quarter strong iron towing bollards. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 115 Bollard, a thick piece of wood on the head of a whale-boat, round which the harpooner gives the line a turn, in order to veer it steadily, and check the animal's velocity. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxiv. 102 Standing by a bollard a little farther up the quay. < as lemmas |
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