单词 | steerman |
释义 | steermann. Now rare. A steersman. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot lodemanc1000 steermanc1000 steersmanc1000 rudderOE governorc1384 lodesmanc1385 shipmasterc1440 pilot1481 steersmatea1575 sternman1582 steerer1585 helmsman1622 piloteer1650 conder1693 timoneer1762 sea-conny1801 boat-setter1814 manjee1829 wheelman1865 throttle jockey1946 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 560 Hera ðone steorman ac na swa-ðeah ærðan ðe he becume gesundful to þære hyðe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14193 And nom alle þa scipen..and þa steor-men alle to þan scipen neodde. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 245 Bathe schip maistir and the ster-man also In the holl but baid he gert thaim go. 1586 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 79 The foirsaidis personis furnissand steirmen thairto thameselffis. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. dv My Stear-man found the Ebb & Flood all along the Coast of America. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 287 Safe through the level seas we sweep our way; The steer-man governs, and the ships obey. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xii. 193 Suppose the steerman's eye to have wandered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000 |
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