单词 | to shoe the anchor |
释义 | > as lemmasto shoe the anchor b. Nautical. to shoe the anchor: (see quot. 1644). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [verb (intransitive)] > put blocks on flukes of anchor to shoe the anchor1644 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 3 The ground may be soft and ozie; In such places we use to shooe the Anchor, that is, to put boords to the flooke..and make it much broader. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine To shoe an anchor, is..intended to give the anchor a stronger..hold of the bottom. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. < as lemmas |
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