| 单词 | sprityard |
| 释义 | > as lemmassprityard sprityard n. Nautical (a) (in some square-rigged vessels) a yard slung under the bowsprit to support a sail; = spritsail yard n. (rare after Middle English, now historical); (b) a small spar running diagonally up from the mast to support the upper rear or outer corner of a sail; = sense 3b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spars used to extend head of sail sprityard1485 sprit1536 gaff1769 sliding-gunter1867 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > other yards sprityard1485 peggy1494 spritsail yard1514 topgallant yard1514 main-topgallant-yard1588 driver yard1757 square yards1769 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 49 Spritte yerds, j. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 300 Fore yerdes, j. Sprete yerdes, j. 1736 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature III. 7 The Sprit-Yard and Sail furled. 1852 Morning Post 24 Dec. 8/3 The Aldbro'..was driven foul of by the brig John Rennie..and carried away jib-boom, sprit-yard, foreyard, and some bulwarks. 1946 Rudder Dec. 39/2 These boats are rigged with a single rectangular spritsail,..while the bamboo sprityard is supported by a sort of wooden cup bound across the topsides. 1997 R. Platt Shipwreck (DK Eyewitness Guide) 19 (caption) Sprit yard [denoting the yard slung under the bowsprit on a model of Mary Rose]. 2001 J. Bacon My Grandfathers' Clock 250 He delighted in taking the survey of the ship, estimating the length of the unreachable sprityard and the jibboom by comparing their size to things he knew. < as lemmas |
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