| 单词 | breastfast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreastfast breastfast n. Nautical (originally) a rope used for mooring the head of a vessel (cf. stern-fast n. and also bow-fast n., headfast n.); (later) a rope or chain used to secure a ship or other vessel parallel to a dock or jetty, another vessel, etc.; cf. breast line n.2, breast rope n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > broadside breastfasta1625 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) 17 A Brest-fast Is a Roape wch is fastened to some part of the Shipp foreward-on and so doth hold fast the Ship's head to a Wharff. 1806 Port of London Bye-Laws (1807) xxvii. 34 If the person..shall not..slack off the breastfasts of such ship. 1860 ‘Vanderdecken’ Yarns for Green Hands 116 Cast off the breastfast, hold on the spring, and pay out the main-sheet. 2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 40 A ‘breastfast’..is a hawser from any part of a vessel to a jetty, more or less at right angles to the ship's side. < as lemmas |
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