单词 | to dress ship |
释义 | > as lemmasto dress ship b. transitive. Navy. To deck out (a ship) with flags. Frequently in to dress ship. to dress overall: to decorate (a ship) with a continuous line of flags from bow to stern. ΚΠ 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) sig. Av/1 Adourne or dresse shippes, naues expedire. Naues instruere. Accoustrer nauires. 1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 124 This being the Anniversary of his present Majesty's Coronation we loyally observ'd the Day; dress'd our Ship, display'd our Colours, and fired twenty-one Guns. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Parade Faire la Parade, to dress a ship, or to adorn her with..flags. 1861 W. Leonard Jrnl. 4 July in USS Constellation on Dismal Coast (2013) 324 At sunrise this morning the topgallant yards were crossed and the ship dressed from the flying jib boom over the mast heads to the end of the spanker boom... Two English coal ships also dressed ship at the same time. 1887 W. J. C. Lancaster Log of ‘Flying Fish’ ix. 150 I ‘dressed ship’ at eight o'clock this morning in honour of my little Florrie's birthday, and I hadn't the heart to haul down the flags. 1897 Hampshire Tel. 24 July 2/7 All the commissioned ships in harbour were dressed overall with flags. 1969 E. M. C. Barraclough Flags of World 18 The custom of dressing the ship overall, called by those who are not sailors ‘rainbow fashion’..is used to decorate ships on special occasions. Theoretically a ship should only be dressed overall when at anchor or moored up in harbour. 1986 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 6 Nov. a14 The Chinese had decorated their vessels with dozens of ceremonial signal flags and halted proceedings until the Americans also dressed ship. 2010 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 4 May 14 Cadets climbed the rigging..for a formal salute and dressed the ship with flags and bunting. < as lemmas |
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