| 单词 | spritty barge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspritty barge Esp. on the Thames and the coasts around its estuary: a sailing barge rigged with a spritsail (spritsail n. 2). Also more fully spritty barge. Cf. Thames barge at Thames n. a, spritsail barge at spritsail n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > sailing-barge gabbart1487 wherry1589 piragua1667 schooner barge1819 spritsail1867 stumpy1881 sailing-barge1886 spritty1920 sailor-man1948 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > sailing gabbart1487 Western barge1506 wherry1589 west country1651 piragua1667 schooner barge1819 spritsail1867 stumpy1881 sailing-barge1886 spritty1920 sailor-man1948 1920 Hampshire Advertiser 10 Jan. 3/5 Messrs. Ryder and Bowyer, on January 16th, at the Phœnix Wharf, Chapel, Southampton, will sell the topsail spritty barge ‘Empress’. 1948 H. Benham Last Stronghold of Sail ii. 27 The ketch barge skipper had no doubt of his superior status as compared with the sprittie sailorman... He admitted that in their own weather the spritties were faster. 1960 Guardian 1 July 7/5 The Cambria, the last ‘spritty’ to trade under sail as a coaster. 2010 B. Pester Just Sea & Sky i. 11 It has to be accepted that the essential spirit of the time-venerated Thames spritsail barge, the spritty, has gone. < as lemmas |
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