单词 | tore-out |
释义 | tore-outn. A small inferior type of sailing-boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > small and inferior tore-out1924 1924 Yachting Monthly Jan. 145/1 Wave was of the genus usually referred to by East Coast watermen as ‘little old toreouts’, being, in fact, a small converted ship's boat. 1956 A. Davison My Ship is so Small ii. 19 Most of the boats in the yard were old tore-outs like the one I lived in. 1979 Yachts & Yachting 9 Nov. 1443/3 Let it be hastily explained that the Sirens in the title of this book are all boats: old toreouts, yachts and ultimately a 117ft ex-trading schooner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1924 |
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