单词 | to be shot by the board |
释义 | > as lemmasto be shot by the board d. Nautical. to be shot by the board: of masts, etc. (see quot. 1706). to be shot between wind and water: of a vessel, to receive a shot causing a dangerous leak; also slang (see quot. 1699). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (intransitive)] > have leak due to shot to be shot between wind and water1620 society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > be broken by shot (of masts) to be shot by the board1620 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > have venereal disease [verb (intransitive)] to be shot between wind and water1620 swingea1640 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster iv. 40 The wench has shot him betweene wind and water, and I hope sprung a lake. 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G3v A she Dunckerke, that was shot before Betweene winde and weather. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §12 A Ship not possible to be sunk though shot an hundred times betwixt wind and water by Cannon. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 82 If a Ship lose her Masts in Fight, we say, her Masts were shot by the Board. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shot 'twixt Wind and Water Clapt, or Poxt. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shot by the Board, a Sea-Phrase, us'd when a Mast or Yard is broken by the Enemies Shot, in a Fight. < as lemmas |
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