| 单词 | stone frigate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstone frigate stone frigate n. Nautical slang a Naval shore establishment or barracks (see quot. 1948); formerly spec. a naval prison; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > naval station > barracks stone frigate1917 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > naval station > prison stone frigate1917 1917 M. T. Hainsselin Grand Fleet Days iv. 15 Where I met her was in a Stone Frigate—that is to say, a Naval Shore Establishment. 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 134 Stone frigate, a naval gaol or, more recently, any shore establishment. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang . 182 Stone frigates, Royal Naval Barracks or Shore Establishments; they are usually named after the old frigates. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren iii. 81 She found that H.M.S. Mastodon was a stone frigate. It was Exbury Hall, about three miles up the Beaulieu River from the Solent. 1979 Mariner's Mirror 65 51 H.M.S. Thunderer (our title as a ‘stone frigate’) has since prospered... It is planned amongst other things to produce a book on the history of the college. < as lemmas |
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