| 单词 | to pipe the side | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pipe the side  b.  To signal or mark the arrival of (an officer, visiting official, etc.) by blowing a long rising and falling tone on the boatswain's pipe. Frequently with aboard or on board. Also in extended use.  to pipe the side: to mark ceremonially in this manner a visit to a ship by royalty, a foreign dignitary, or a high-ranking naval officer.The use of a rising and falling tone is from the practice of bringing visitors aboard on a chair slung from the yardarm, when notes were blown to instruct the men operating the ropes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > 			[verb (intransitive)]		 > sound or signal on pipe pipe1707 to pipe the side1803 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > summon, dismiss, or escort with pipe pipe1707 pipe1803 to pipe away1833 1803    in  Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers 		(U.S. Office Naval Rec.)	 		(1941)	 III. 40  				A Commodore of a Squadron to be received on board with a guard under arms and a march... The side to be piped by the Boatswain and manned by Six Sidesmen. 1829    G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. xii. 75  				A ward room officer..has two side boys, with a boatswain's mate, to pipe them over and back again. 1890    Scribner's Mag. Oct. 456/1  				Shrilly, in a long-drawn rising and falling note, the ‘bo's'n's’ whistle pipes our guests over the side as the Minister..climbs the ladder and appears on deck. 1918    Daily Mirror 18 Nov. 3/1  				Admiral Meurer, who was ‘piped aboard’, saluted the quarterdeck. 1955    Times 1 July 6/3  				The Duke was piped on board, welcomed by the master, Captain H. W. Langbein. 1994    S. Hawke Patrian Transgression Prol. 9  				Kirk had also ordered the bosun's mate to be on hand, to officially pipe the envoy aboard. < as lemmas | 
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