单词 | to bale up |
释义 | > as lemmasto bale up To lade or throw water out of a boat or ship with buckets (formerly called bails) or other vessels. Const. to bale the water out, bale the boat (out). to bale up: to scoop up. See bail v.4 ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > bail scoopc1330 lade1340 empt1555 free1612 bail1614 bale1692 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > (as) with a shovel or scoop skim1665 shovel1685 bale1692 scoop1850 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 27 To baile or cast out the water.] 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 75 To bale, to lade Water out of the Ships Hold with Buckets, or the like. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 342 In baling out the water. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. xvi. 231 Let's bale the boat out first. 1884 Graphic 23 Aug. 190/2 Herrings..in such surprising quantities that they can be baled up with a basket. < as lemmas |
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