| 单词 | stream-cable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstream-cable stream-cable n. the cable or hawser of the stream-anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > belonging to specific anchor sheet-cable1611 stream-cable1618 long service1662 bower-cable1748 sheet-shot1750 1618 in J. Charnock Hist. Mar. Archit. (1801) II. 227 Till of late none but the great shipps weare allowed stream cables. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 103 Streame-Cabell is a small cabell, which we ride withall in streames, as rivers, or in faire~weather, when we stop-a-tide. 1805 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 195 (note) At daylight got the end of the stream-cable on board the prize, and made sail with her in tow. < as lemmas |
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