单词 | summercastle |
释义 | summercastlen. Now historical. 1. An elevated structure on a ship; (probably) spec. an elevated structure at the rear of a ship, parallel to the forecastle. Cf. summer-hutch n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > deckhouse > types of summercastle1345 summer-hutch1420 poop1551 roundhouse1611 caboose1747 hurricane-house1818 wheelhouse1835 storm-house1836 pilothouse1842 Texas1853 Liverpool house1869 monkey forecastle1870 1345–7 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 205 In ij haucers emptis..pro j castello vocato somercastel eadem navi. 1496 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 176 Forcastell the overloppe the somercastell the dekke ovyr the somercastell & the pope. c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 44 They that were in the somer Castells & toppis of the shippis, that might easely se alle them that were a londe. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sommer castell of a shyppe. 1918 Eng. Hist. Rev. 33 483 She would have a poop, poop royal, forecastle, and summercastle. This last is said to have been a solidly constructed erection of timber—indeed it must of necessity have been strongly built: on the deck above the Sovereign's summercastle, for example, twenty-five serpentines were mounted. 1927 Geogr. Jrnl. 69 220 Soon after the introduction of the centre-line rudder, hung from the stern-post, the sterns became very much fuller so as to support a large summer-castle or after-castle. 1955 Mariner's Mirror 41 187 The after- or summer-castle..is no longer supported by the sternpost. 2015 D. McElvogue Tudor Warship Mary Rose iii. 25/2 The main and mizzen masts' standing rigging is spread by a timber shelf called a ‘channel’ running along the side of the summercastle. 2. A movable tower used in sieges. Cf. summertower n.In quot. 1382 referring to a model of such a tower used in a procession. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > siege-tower belfryc1300 mate-griffonc1330 summercastle1382 bastillec1400 towerc1440 summertowera1450 bestial1488 bastide1523 turret1565 timber-tower1614 helepole1770 cat-castle1861 1382 Goldsmiths' Company Court Minute Bk. A + a 57 in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 209 Et feat a remembrer qe desuis Chepe feut un somercastell bien arrayés. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 464 Somyr castell, fala. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3033 (MED) The kynge þan to assawte he sembles his knyghtez, With somercastell and sowe appon sere halfes. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 165 Ȝif þyn enemyes sette to þi walles a somercastell other a bastile þat be moche hyer þan þe walles. 1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 140 To the men that bikyrrit the somir castell, be the Kingis command. 1973 J. Gardner Allit. Morte Arthure 80 The king then assembled his knights for the assault With summer castles and miner-sheds set on all sides. 2014 C. Sponsler Queen's Dumbshows ii. 52 The company had a tradition of entertainments on its annual St. Dunstan's Day feast and in mayoral processions; it owned musical instruments as well as a ‘summer-castle’ that..was used in the entry of Richard II in 1377 and again in 1382. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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