| 单词 | brailing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈbrailing ˈbrailing n. (also of a tent and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun] > pitching of tent pitchinga1398 brailing1840 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [noun] > hauling in by brails brailing1840 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast 226 These trades..blowing steadily on our starboard quarter..without our starting a brace, or even brailing down the skysails. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 8 A furling and brailing-up of the rain-clouds. 1910 F. H. Lawrence Let. 19 Aug. in T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 600 They had left a piece of the tarpaulin outside the brailing of the tent. 1921 Spectator 7 May 589/1 The brailing up of the loose-footed sail. 1939 War Illustr. 16 Dec. 440/2 A bell-tent with sandbagged brailing. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo v. 96 I looked out under the brailing of the tent. < as lemmas |
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