bowspritn.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊsprɪt/,

/ˈbaʊsprɪt/, U.S.

/ˈbaʊˌsprɪt/,

/ˈboʊˌsprɪt/

Forms: α. Middle English bouspret, 1500s boespritte, 1600s– bowsprit; β. 1500s–1600s boresprit, 1600s borespritt, boar-spright; γ. 1500s boltspreet, 1600s boultspret, 1600s–1800s boltsprit; δ. 1600s boldspreet; ε. 1600s bole-sprit, bowle-, boulspret, boule spret, -sprit.

Etymology: Found in all the modern Germanic languages: Dutch boegspriet , Low German bogspret , German bug- , bogspriet (from Low German or Dutch), Swedish bogspröt , Danish bogspryd ; in all connected with the ship's bow n.³, and with a word, in Old English spréot pole (Middle English spret , spreet ), Dutch spriet spear, javelin, Swedish spröt insect's feeler. Compare also Old High German spriuzan , Middle High German spriuzen to prop. The origin seems to lie between Low German, Dutch, and English: in the latter spréot was itself used in a nautical sense in Old English and Middle English (see sprit n.¹). But against the compound bow-sprit being of English rise, are the late appearance of bow in the language, and the numerous perverted forms with bore, boar, bolt, bold, bole, bowle, which seem to show that the connection with bow was not evident to English sailors, either in sense or pronunciation. (Quotations for the word are very rare before 1590.)

1. A large spar or boom running out from the stem of a vessel, to which (and the jib-boom and flying jib-boom, which extend beyond it) the foremast stays are fastened.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows

sprit1294

bowspritc1330

α.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (K.O.) Bouspret.

a1500 Chester Pl. (MS 1592) (1843) i. 48 With toppe-castill and boe-spritte.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 169 The bow-sprit or sprit-sail [mast] which stands sloping even over the beak-head.

1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 833 Their Bowsprits armed with Iron.

1805 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 189 (note) Found the bowsprit badly wounded, and bowsprit-shrouds shot away.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 197 By the water side, where the bowsprits of ships stretch across the footway.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) ii. viii. i. §3 The forward rig also changed, from the bumpkin bowsprit and one head sail, to a long running bowsprit and full-sized flat jib.

β. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xciii. 171/2 Our boresprit touched y^e shore.a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 201 On the Top-mast, The Yards and Bore-spritt, would I flame distinctly. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 138 Brake her foremast or boresprit.a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea iv, in Wks. (1874) VI. 416 Our Mainsail, Boar-spright, and our Mizen.γ. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Cevadera The saile of the boltspreet.1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 92 The yce..touched their bolt-sprit.1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. 9 Boultspret Ladder..made fast ouer the Boulspret to get vpon it.1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 28 She had lost her Main-top-mast, Fore-mast and Boltsprit.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xiv. 21 Her boltsprit kiss'd the broken waves.δ. 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 170 Putting out the Parliaments Jack on the Boldspreet end, and the English Ensign on the Poop.ε. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Bauprez..the bole-sprit of a ship.1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 15 The fore mast, misen and bowlespret..the boulespret hath no bowlines.1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 182 Her bole-sprit broke our mizen shrowdes.1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 120 From the extremity of the Boulsprit to the Lanthorn.

†2. figurative. The human nose. humorous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]

noseeOE

naseeOE

nebeOE

billa1000

nesec1175

grunyie?a1513

gnomon1582

nib1585

proboscis1631

handle to (also of, on) one's face1675

snot-gall1685

nozzle1689

bowsprit1690

smeller1699

snitch1699

trunk1699

vessel1813

index1817

conk1819

sneezer1820

scent box1826

snorter1829

snuff-box1829

bugle1847

beak1854

nasal1854

sniffer1858

boko1859

snoot1861

snorer1891

horn1893

spectacles-seat1895

razzo1899

beezer1915

schnozzle1926

schnozzola1929

schnozz1930

snozzle1930

honker1942

hooter1958

1690 T. Shadewell Amorous Bigotte v, in Wks. (1720) IV. 295 Thy..nose, that bolt-sprit of thy face.

1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iv. i. 41 They do not consider the Tenderness of my Bolt-sprit.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bowsprit-bitts are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck... Bowsprit-cap, the crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit... Bowsprit-horses, the ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. Bowsprit-ladder, skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit. Bowsprit-netting, the netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast stay-sail... Bowsprit-shrouds, strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giving lateral support to that spar.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 21 A bowsprit, made out of a single spar, has only two hoops on it,..one on the head..abaft the tenon or bowsprit-cap.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 32 Q. What are bowsprit shrouds? A. Ropes or chains leading from the outer end of the bowsprit to the bow giving lateral support to the bowsprit... Q. What are bowsprit collars? A. Strops round the bowsprit with thimbles for bowsprit shrouds, stays, and bobstays.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bowsprit
释义	bowspritn. Brit. /ˈbəʊsprɪt/, /ˈbaʊsprɪt/, U.S. /ˈbaʊˌsprɪt/, /ˈboʊˌsprɪt/ Forms: α. Middle English bouspret, 1500s boespritte, 1600s– bowsprit; β. 1500s–1600s boresprit, 1600s borespritt, boar-spright; γ. 1500s boltspreet, 1600s boultspret, 1600s–1800s boltsprit; δ. 1600s boldspreet; ε. 1600s bole-sprit, bowle-, boulspret, boule spret, -sprit. Etymology: Found in all the modern Germanic languages: Dutch boegspriet , Low German bogspret , German bug- , bogspriet (from Low German or Dutch), Swedish bogspröt , Danish bogspryd ; in all connected with the ship's bow n.³, and with a word, in Old English spréot pole (Middle English spret , spreet ), Dutch spriet spear, javelin, Swedish spröt insect's feeler. Compare also Old High German spriuzan , Middle High German spriuzen to prop. The origin seems to lie between Low German, Dutch, and English: in the latter spréot was itself used in a nautical sense in Old English and Middle English (see sprit n.¹). But against the compound bow-sprit being of English rise, are the late appearance of bow in the language, and the numerous perverted forms with bore, boar, bolt, bold, bole, bowle, which seem to show that the connection with bow was not evident to English sailors, either in sense or pronunciation. (Quotations for the word are very rare before 1590.) 1. A large spar or boom running out from the stem of a vessel, to which (and the jib-boom and flying jib-boom, which extend beyond it) the foremast stays are fastened. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > spar projecting over bows sprit1294 bowspritc1330 α. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (K.O.) Bouspret. a1500 Chester Pl. (MS 1592) (1843) i. 48 With toppe-castill and boe-spritte. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 169 The bow-sprit or sprit-sail [mast] which stands sloping even over the beak-head. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 833 Their Bowsprits armed with Iron. 1805 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 189 (note) Found the bowsprit badly wounded, and bowsprit-shrouds shot away. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. vi. 197 By the water side, where the bowsprits of ships stretch across the footway. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) ii. viii. i. §3 The forward rig also changed, from the bumpkin bowsprit and one head sail, to a long running bowsprit and full-sized flat jib. β. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xciii. 171/2 Our boresprit touched y^e shore.a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 201 On the Top-mast, The Yards and Bore-spritt, would I flame distinctly. View more context for this quotation1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 138 Brake her foremast or boresprit.a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea iv, in Wks. (1874) VI. 416 Our Mainsail, Boar-spright, and our Mizen.γ. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Cevadera The saile of the boltspreet.1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 92 The yce..touched their bolt-sprit.1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. 9 Boultspret Ladder..made fast ouer the Boulspret to get vpon it.1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 28 She had lost her Main-top-mast, Fore-mast and Boltsprit.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xiv. 21 Her boltsprit kiss'd the broken waves.δ. 1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 170 Putting out the Parliaments Jack on the Boldspreet end, and the English Ensign on the Poop.ε. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Bauprez..the bole-sprit of a ship.1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 15 The fore mast, misen and bowlespret..the boulespret hath no bowlines.1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 182 Her bole-sprit broke our mizen shrowdes.1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 120 From the extremity of the Boulsprit to the Lanthorn. †2. figurative. The human nose. humorous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1690 T. Shadewell Amorous Bigotte v, in Wks. (1720) IV. 295 Thy..nose, that bolt-sprit of thy face. 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iv. i. 41 They do not consider the Tenderness of my Bolt-sprit. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bowsprit-bitts are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck... Bowsprit-cap, the crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit... Bowsprit-horses, the ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. Bowsprit-ladder, skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit. Bowsprit-netting, the netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast stay-sail... Bowsprit-shrouds, strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giving lateral support to that spar. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 21 A bowsprit, made out of a single spar, has only two hoops on it,..one on the head..abaft the tenon or bowsprit-cap. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 32 Q. What are bowsprit shrouds? A. Ropes or chains leading from the outer end of the bowsprit to the bow giving lateral support to the bowsprit... Q. What are bowsprit collars? A. Strops round the bowsprit with thimbles for bowsprit shrouds, stays, and bobstays. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330
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