| 单词 | bread-barge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbread-barge bread-barge n. Nautical (now historical) a box or container used for storing rations of ship's biscuit or hardtack. [ < bread n. + barge n.1, perhaps with allusion to its shape.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for bread breadbox1622 bread bin1670 bread-barge1840 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 123 The bread-barge and beef-kid were overhauled. 1908 J. D. Whidden Ocean Life in Old Sailing Ship Days ii. 15 It was the custom for the boys..to keep the bread barge filled by taking it aft to the steward when empty. 1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) x. 267 Tom, give me the bread-barge, will you? < as lemmas |
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