| 单词 | to pipe away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pipe away to pipe away Nautical. transitive. To dismiss or send away (a boat or crew) by sounding the boatswain's pipe; to ceremoniously consign to burial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > summon, dismiss, or escort with pipe pipe1707 pipe1803 to pipe away1833 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log xxiii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 152/2 Pipe away the yawlers, boatswain's mate. 1886 Times 23 Dec. 7/1 The alarm was given, a life buoy thrown out, and at the same time the boat's crew was piped away. 1949 Times 3 Nov. 3/4 In the Athabaskan a whaler's crew which had been piped away for a particular duty did not respond. 2003 Halifax (Nova Scotia) Daily News (Nexis) 2 Nov. 24 At her funeral..six of the members formed an honour guard and in true naval tradition, piped her away with a bo'sun's call. < as lemmas |
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