bosunn.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊsn/, U.S.

/ˈboʊsn/

Forms: 1500s– boson, 1700s boseon, 1700s bosson, 1800s bo'san, 1800s bo-san, 1800s bo'son, 1800s– bo's'n, 1800s– bo'sn, 1800s– bos'n, 1800s– bosun, 1800s– bo'sun.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: boatswain n.

Etymology: Reduced form of boatswain n. (compare the β. and γ. forms at that entry).For similar reduced forms in nautical language compare e.g. the γ. forms at coxswain n., the β. forms at rowlock n.¹, and the β. forms at gunwale n.

1. = boatswain n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain

boatswainOE

boatsman1513

bosun1592

tindal1698

contre-master1726

serang1799

Pipes1818

Spithead nightingale1890

bose1912

1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise 47 The boson, he his cabin tooke to keepe, And in the cookerome, there the rie begane.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 Boatswain, corruptly called boseon.

1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius ii. 19 The merry Boson from his side, His Whistle takes.

1717 W. Prideaux Log of Salt-trader 11 Oct. in Mariner's Mirror (1920) 6 21 Sent..the bosson to buy our Cables.

1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. 185 The skipper was bellowing and bawling more like a new-made boson.

1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 85 And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig.

1935 A. E. Dingle Pipe all Hands! 20 ‘Bosun, rouse out all hands!’ yelled Mr Critchlow.

1946 Seafarers' Log 18 Jan. 4/1 The Chief Mate was so impressed with his windjamming that he wanted to make him Bosun.

1990 J. McPhee Looking for Ship 9 Licensed officers accepted jobs as ordinary seamen, able-bodied seamen, and bosuns because they could not get other work.

†a. = boatswain n. 3a. Cf. bosun bird n. at Compounds 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius parasiticus

allana1612

boatswain1785

gull-teaser1802

Richardson's jaeger1831

Richardson's skua1834

jäger1838

bosun1874

marlinspike1884

1874 S. H. Saxby in H. L. Saxby Birds Shetland 356 A friend has, however, asserted that the word is of Scandinavian origin, and should be written bosun.

b. = boatswain n. 3b. Cf. bosun bird n. at Compounds 3. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird)

tropicbird1624

boatswain1815

marlinspike1858

long-tail1859

star-tail1862

boatswain bird1867

bosun bird1888

wig-tail1888

bosun1899

1899 P. E. Stevenson By Way of Cape Horn 307 We have scores of snow-white birds with us now, about the size of common gulls, called bosuns.

2002 T. R. Funke Remember Wake 18 Colin watched a flock of bosuns fly overhead.

Compounds

C1. In genitive compounds denoting the whistle traditionally used by a boatswain or the call made upon it, esp. to summon the crew, as bosun's call, bosun's pipe, bosun's whistle. Cf. boatswain n. Compounds 1, pipe n.¹ 1d.

ΚΠ

1710 S. Centlivre Bickerstaff's Burying iii. 20 Ha! the Boson's Whistle! nay then I must be speedy.

1846 ‘C. Selby’ Maximums & Speciments W. Muggins ix. 76 Then I..heard the bosun's whistle, and the capt'n swearing at me for not going faster hup the rope-ladders to fasten hup the sails.

1896 W. C. Russell What Cheer! xi. 200 The bosun's pipe rang shrill and clear outside.

1963 Times 26 Feb. 12/6 The bo'sun's call is the object one sees..hanging on a chain round the neck of the sailor on duty at the gangway of a British warship. Some people..call it a pipe.

2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Nov. 79 A bosun's whistle is still used on board ships of the Royal Navy.

C2.

bosun's chair n. = boatswain's chair n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > seat > for use while working aloft

boatswain's chair1856

seat-board1873

cradle1874

bosun's chair1878

1878 Literary World (Boston) July 21/3 She has..nerve to be hoisted to the masthead in a bo'son's chair.

1894 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide i. v. 77 He had a bo'sun's chair rigged over the rail..and went overboard with a pot of paint.

1930 ‘Greenhorn’ Tinker, Tailor vi. 134 We were swung alongside in a bosun's chair to scrape the dirt off the masts and spars.

1999 Descent Oct. 26 In 1900 Ernest A. Baker partly climbed the pitch and then was lowered on a rope: late that year he made a second trip using a bosun's chair.

bosun's cradle n. = boatswain's cradle n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > boatswain's chair

boatswain's cradle1861

bosun's cradle1928

1928 Daily Express 19 Nov. 11/7 When you have been sitting up in a bo'sun's cradle playing hell with a pneumatic riveter.

2007 Process Engin. (Nexis) 26 Mar. 43 Fitting a 240V motorised bosun's cradle to all four chimneys to speed up internal and external inspections.

bosun's mate n. = boatswain's mate n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain > boatswain's-mate

boatswain's mate1600

bosun's mate1649

buffer1864

1649 Impartiall Intelligencer No. 4. 30 Lynden the Bosons Mate, and others are to be tried.

1840 J. S. Jones Usurper ii. iv, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 165 Why not go on board a ship—plenty of work there. You'd make an excellent bo'san's mate.

1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau iii. 136 The bosun's mate carried the cat-o'-nine-tails in his ceremonial red-plush bag.

C3.

bosun bird n. now rare (a) = boatswain bird n. (b) at boatswain n. Compounds 2 (cf. 2b); (b) = boatswain bird n. (a) at boatswain n. Compounds 2 (cf. 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird)

tropicbird1624

boatswain1815

marlinspike1858

long-tail1859

star-tail1862

boatswain bird1867

bosun bird1888

wig-tail1888

bosun1899

1888 W. J. Loftie Orient Line Guide (ed. 3) xiv. 224 The ‘Bosun (Boatswain) Bird.’ General plumage silky-white, with a roseate tinge especially upon the back.

1908 W. S. Bruce Rep. Sci. Results Voy. S.Y. ‘Scotia’ 9 Jan. 1st 1903... Wilson's petrels..and a bosun bird were observed to-day.

1918 D. B. MacMillan Four years in White North 404 Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic jaeger. Bosun-bird.

1942 Boys' Life Oct. 7 Suspended high above the whaler, as if hanging by an etherial thread, a black bosun bird wheeled with airy grace.

2010 R. J. Shallenberger Hawaiian Birds of Sea 43 They squawk loudly in the air and on the ground, a behavior that has led to their nickname of ‘Bosun bird,’ for the Navy boatswain's whistle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bosun
释义	bosunn. Brit. /ˈbəʊsn/, U.S. /ˈboʊsn/ Forms: 1500s– boson, 1700s boseon, 1700s bosson, 1800s bo'san, 1800s bo-san, 1800s bo'son, 1800s– bo's'n, 1800s– bo'sn, 1800s– bos'n, 1800s– bosun, 1800s– bo'sun. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: boatswain n. Etymology: Reduced form of boatswain n. (compare the β. and γ. forms at that entry).For similar reduced forms in nautical language compare e.g. the γ. forms at coxswain n., the β. forms at rowlock n.¹, and the β. forms at gunwale n. 1. = boatswain n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain boatswainOE boatsman1513 bosun1592 tindal1698 contre-master1726 serang1799 Pipes1818 Spithead nightingale1890 bose1912 1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise 47 The boson, he his cabin tooke to keepe, And in the cookerome, there the rie begane. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 Boatswain, corruptly called boseon. 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius ii. 19 The merry Boson from his side, His Whistle takes. 1717 W. Prideaux Log of Salt-trader 11 Oct. in Mariner's Mirror (1920) 6 21 Sent..the bosson to buy our Cables. 1829 W. N. Glascock Sailors & Saints I. 185 The skipper was bellowing and bawling more like a new-made boson. 1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 85 And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. 1935 A. E. Dingle Pipe all Hands! 20 ‘Bosun, rouse out all hands!’ yelled Mr Critchlow. 1946 Seafarers' Log 18 Jan. 4/1 The Chief Mate was so impressed with his windjamming that he wanted to make him Bosun. 1990 J. McPhee Looking for Ship 9 Licensed officers accepted jobs as ordinary seamen, able-bodied seamen, and bosuns because they could not get other work. 2. †a. = boatswain n. 3a. Cf. bosun bird n. at Compounds 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius parasiticus allana1612 boatswain1785 gull-teaser1802 Richardson's jaeger1831 Richardson's skua1834 jäger1838 bosun1874 marlinspike1884 1874 S. H. Saxby in H. L. Saxby Birds Shetland 356 A friend has, however, asserted that the word is of Scandinavian origin, and should be written bosun. b. = boatswain n. 3b. Cf. bosun bird n. at Compounds 3. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird) tropicbird1624 boatswain1815 marlinspike1858 long-tail1859 star-tail1862 boatswain bird1867 bosun bird1888 wig-tail1888 bosun1899 1899 P. E. Stevenson By Way of Cape Horn 307 We have scores of snow-white birds with us now, about the size of common gulls, called bosuns. 2002 T. R. Funke Remember Wake 18 Colin watched a flock of bosuns fly overhead. Compounds C1. In genitive compounds denoting the whistle traditionally used by a boatswain or the call made upon it, esp. to summon the crew, as bosun's call, bosun's pipe, bosun's whistle. Cf. boatswain n. Compounds 1, pipe n.¹ 1d. ΚΠ 1710 S. Centlivre Bickerstaff's Burying iii. 20 Ha! the Boson's Whistle! nay then I must be speedy. 1846 ‘C. Selby’ Maximums & Speciments W. Muggins ix. 76 Then I..heard the bosun's whistle, and the capt'n swearing at me for not going faster hup the rope-ladders to fasten hup the sails. 1896 W. C. Russell What Cheer! xi. 200 The bosun's pipe rang shrill and clear outside. 1963 Times 26 Feb. 12/6 The bo'sun's call is the object one sees..hanging on a chain round the neck of the sailor on duty at the gangway of a British warship. Some people..call it a pipe. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Nov. 79 A bosun's whistle is still used on board ships of the Royal Navy. C2. bosun's chair n. = boatswain's chair n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > seat > for use while working aloft boatswain's chair1856 seat-board1873 cradle1874 bosun's chair1878 1878 Literary World (Boston) July 21/3 She has..nerve to be hoisted to the masthead in a bo'son's chair. 1894 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide i. v. 77 He had a bo'sun's chair rigged over the rail..and went overboard with a pot of paint. 1930 ‘Greenhorn’ Tinker, Tailor vi. 134 We were swung alongside in a bosun's chair to scrape the dirt off the masts and spars. 1999 Descent Oct. 26 In 1900 Ernest A. Baker partly climbed the pitch and then was lowered on a rope: late that year he made a second trip using a bosun's chair. bosun's cradle n. = boatswain's cradle n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > boatswain's chair boatswain's cradle1861 bosun's cradle1928 1928 Daily Express 19 Nov. 11/7 When you have been sitting up in a bo'sun's cradle playing hell with a pneumatic riveter. 2007 Process Engin. (Nexis) 26 Mar. 43 Fitting a 240V motorised bosun's cradle to all four chimneys to speed up internal and external inspections. bosun's mate n. = boatswain's mate n. at boatswain n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain > boatswain's-mate boatswain's mate1600 bosun's mate1649 buffer1864 1649 Impartiall Intelligencer No. 4. 30 Lynden the Bosons Mate, and others are to be tried. 1840 J. S. Jones Usurper ii. iv, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 165 Why not go on board a ship—plenty of work there. You'd make an excellent bo'san's mate. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau iii. 136 The bosun's mate carried the cat-o'-nine-tails in his ceremonial red-plush bag. C3. bosun bird n. now rare (a) = boatswain bird n. (b) at boatswain n. Compounds 2 (cf. 2b); (b) = boatswain bird n. (a) at boatswain n. Compounds 2 (cf. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird) tropicbird1624 boatswain1815 marlinspike1858 long-tail1859 star-tail1862 boatswain bird1867 bosun bird1888 wig-tail1888 bosun1899 1888 W. J. Loftie Orient Line Guide (ed. 3) xiv. 224 The ‘Bosun (Boatswain) Bird.’ General plumage silky-white, with a roseate tinge especially upon the back. 1908 W. S. Bruce Rep. Sci. Results Voy. S.Y. ‘Scotia’ 9 Jan. 1st 1903... Wilson's petrels..and a bosun bird were observed to-day. 1918 D. B. MacMillan Four years in White North 404 Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic jaeger. Bosun-bird. 1942 Boys' Life Oct. 7 Suspended high above the whaler, as if hanging by an etherial thread, a black bosun bird wheeled with airy grace. 2010 R. J. Shallenberger Hawaiian Birds of Sea 43 They squawk loudly in the air and on the ground, a behavior that has led to their nickname of ‘Bosun bird,’ for the Navy boatswain's whistle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1592
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