| 单词 | step-cleat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstep-cleat a. Nautical. Originally a small wedge of wood bolted on its side to a spar, etc., that it may by the thickness of its head stop anything from slipping ( stop-cleat), afford footing to one climbing ( step-cleat), or serve as a point of attachment or resistance. solid cleats: similar pieces left in shaping a plank. ΘΚΠ 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 1377 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 217 And to that schip ther longed a barge, Of al Fraunce ȝaf nouȝt a cleete. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 An entring ladder or cleats. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cleat, a small Wedge of Wood fastned on the Yards, to keep any Ropes from slipping. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 164 Stop-cleats are nailed to yard-arms, to prevent the slipping of the rigging and the gammoning, and to stop collars on masts. 1849 G. Head Tour Rome I. 47 A man who ascended by means of cleats nailed to the side for the purpose. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxv. 171 Lofty spars along the sea-coast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats. 1876 W. J. J. Spry Cruise Her Majesty's Ship ‘Challenger’ ix. 214 Strengthened by timbers, lashed with split rattan to solid cleats left for the purpose in each plank. < as lemmas |
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