turtle-backn.

Etymology: turtle n.²

a. An arched structure over the deck of a steamer at the bow, and often also at the stern, to protect it from damage by a heavy sea; see also quot. 1906.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > arched structure over deck

turtle-back1881

whaleback1886

turtle-deck1889

1881 Standard 30 Aug. 2/3 Erections for the purposes of shelter, such as turtle-backs, open at one end.

1882 Standard 14 Aug. 2/4 Covering these are a fine promenade deck amidships and a turtle-back forward.

1886 Times 20 Apr. 10/2 He went beneath the turtle-back.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous i The second-saloon deck at the stern..was finished in a turtle-back.

1906 Chambers's Jrnl. June 453/2 As each train arrives it will be hauled by a steel rope..up to the top of a long incline, technically known as a ‘turtle-back’.

b. A rounded projecting boot on a motor vehicle; the lid of this. North American.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > rear part arranged to carry luggage > rounded projecting boot

turtle-deck1889

turtle-back1941

1941 ‘A. A. Fair’ Double or Quits iii. 33 He raised up the turtleback in the car.

1971 D. Conover One Man's Island 23 The right fender fell off and rolled into a ditch. I stuck it disgustedly in the turtleback and in the village asked Lloyd at the garage to put it back on.

2. Archaeology. A roughly chipped stone implement, having one or both faces slightly convex. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > prehistoric tool > [noun] > types of

flintstonec1400

celt1748

fairy hammer1815

axe1851

flint-flake1851

stone-axe1864

flake-knife1865

scraper1865

thumb-flint1865

tool-stone1865

saddle quern1867

fabricator1872

grattoir1872

hammer-stone1872

tribrach1873

flake1875

hand-axe1878

pick1888

turtle-back1890

racloir1892

eolith1895

pebble chopper1895

palaeotalith1897

tranchet1899

point1901

pygmy flint1907

microlith1908

Gravette1911

keeled scraper1911

lissoir1911

coup de poing1912

end-scraper1915

burin1916

rostro-carinate1919

tortoise core1919

blade1921

axe-adze1925

petit tranchet1926

tournette1927

pebble tool1931

raclette1932

biface1934

cleaver1935

thumbnail scraper1937

microblade1959

linguate1966

1890 W. H. Holmes in Amer. Anthropologist 3 14 The familiar turtle-back or one-faced stone, the double turtle-back or two-faced stone.

1912 S. H. Warren in Man XII. 205 The present writer also has a Levallois, or ‘turtle-back’ core, which he found in the Lea Valley in 1896.

3. The back of a turtle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises > parts of

calipash1674

calipee1689

hut1698

monsieur1751

pee1764

turtle-shell1828

hyosternal1835

xiphiplastron1871

xiphisternum1872

pygal1885

xiphiplastral1889

turtle-back1898

1898 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Oct. (1972) II. 68 They all..betrayed gross ignorance on the points they were most cocksure about, such as riding on turtleback and the like follies.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 Apr. 3/2 The legends of the peopling of the islands are interesting... Some make the passage on turtle-back; others go afloat on rafts of cocoa-nut shells.

4. A land form likened to the shell of a turtle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]

link931

rise1240

motea1300

bentc1405

mote-hill1475

territory1477

height1487

rising1548

raising1572

linch1591

mount1591

swelling1630

up1637

vertex1641

advance1655

ascendant1655

eminency1662

ascent1663

eminence1670

swell1764

elevation1799

embreastment1799

upwith1819

lift1825

salita1910

turtle-back1913

upwarp1917

upslope1920

whaleback1928

1913 Geogr. Jrnl. 42 149 Thick forests..alternate with tall grassland and bare and rocky turtlebacks.

1928 Amer. Speech 4 126 ‘Hog-back’ and ‘turtle-back’ are common names for hills or ridges suggesting those forms.

1938 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 49 1875 Three turtleback areas have been recognized in the Black Mountains [of Death Valley, California]. They prove to be structural as well as topographic features.

Compounds

attributive, as turtle-back core (see sense 2); turtle-back scale n. = turtle-insect n. at turtle n.² Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Scale

Derivatives

ˈturtle-ˌbacked adj. having a back like a turtle's; furnished with a turtle-back (sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > having specific type of decks or superstructure

race-built1622

flush1800

pooped1849

spar-decked1877

well-decked1880

turtle-backed1889

whaleback1891

shade-decked1902

1889 Cent. Dict. at Deck The turtle-deck or turtle-backed deck..is a convex deck extending a short distance aft from the stem of an ocean steamer to shed the water in a head sea; in many..steamships..there is a similar arrangement on the stern.

1891 Chambers's Encycl. (new ed.) VII. 421/2 An armoured turtle-backed deck which extends throughout the length of the ship.

1908 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 51/1 I can see..a turtle-backed affair pushing out from the advanced trench.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	turtle-back
释义	turtle-backn. Etymology: turtle n.² 1. a. An arched structure over the deck of a steamer at the bow, and often also at the stern, to protect it from damage by a heavy sea; see also quot. 1906. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > arched structure over deck turtle-back1881 whaleback1886 turtle-deck1889 1881 Standard 30 Aug. 2/3 Erections for the purposes of shelter, such as turtle-backs, open at one end. 1882 Standard 14 Aug. 2/4 Covering these are a fine promenade deck amidships and a turtle-back forward. 1886 Times 20 Apr. 10/2 He went beneath the turtle-back. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous i The second-saloon deck at the stern..was finished in a turtle-back. 1906 Chambers's Jrnl. June 453/2 As each train arrives it will be hauled by a steel rope..up to the top of a long incline, technically known as a ‘turtle-back’. b. A rounded projecting boot on a motor vehicle; the lid of this. North American. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > rear part arranged to carry luggage > rounded projecting boot turtle-deck1889 turtle-back1941 1941 ‘A. A. Fair’ Double or Quits iii. 33 He raised up the turtleback in the car. 1971 D. Conover One Man's Island 23 The right fender fell off and rolled into a ditch. I stuck it disgustedly in the turtleback and in the village asked Lloyd at the garage to put it back on. 2. Archaeology. A roughly chipped stone implement, having one or both faces slightly convex. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > prehistoric tool > [noun] > types of flintstonec1400 celt1748 fairy hammer1815 axe1851 flint-flake1851 stone-axe1864 flake-knife1865 scraper1865 thumb-flint1865 tool-stone1865 saddle quern1867 fabricator1872 grattoir1872 hammer-stone1872 tribrach1873 flake1875 hand-axe1878 pick1888 turtle-back1890 racloir1892 eolith1895 pebble chopper1895 palaeotalith1897 tranchet1899 point1901 pygmy flint1907 microlith1908 Gravette1911 keeled scraper1911 lissoir1911 coup de poing1912 end-scraper1915 burin1916 rostro-carinate1919 tortoise core1919 blade1921 axe-adze1925 petit tranchet1926 tournette1927 pebble tool1931 raclette1932 biface1934 cleaver1935 thumbnail scraper1937 microblade1959 linguate1966 1890 W. H. Holmes in Amer. Anthropologist 3 14 The familiar turtle-back or one-faced stone, the double turtle-back or two-faced stone. 1912 S. H. Warren in Man XII. 205 The present writer also has a Levallois, or ‘turtle-back’ core, which he found in the Lea Valley in 1896. 3. The back of a turtle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises > parts of calipash1674 calipee1689 hut1698 monsieur1751 pee1764 turtle-shell1828 hyosternal1835 xiphiplastron1871 xiphisternum1872 pygal1885 xiphiplastral1889 turtle-back1898 1898 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Oct. (1972) II. 68 They all..betrayed gross ignorance on the points they were most cocksure about, such as riding on turtleback and the like follies. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 Apr. 3/2 The legends of the peopling of the islands are interesting... Some make the passage on turtle-back; others go afloat on rafts of cocoa-nut shells. 4. A land form likened to the shell of a turtle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] link931 rise1240 motea1300 bentc1405 mote-hill1475 territory1477 height1487 rising1548 raising1572 linch1591 mount1591 swelling1630 up1637 vertex1641 advance1655 ascendant1655 eminency1662 ascent1663 eminence1670 swell1764 elevation1799 embreastment1799 upwith1819 lift1825 salita1910 turtle-back1913 upwarp1917 upslope1920 whaleback1928 1913 Geogr. Jrnl. 42 149 Thick forests..alternate with tall grassland and bare and rocky turtlebacks. 1928 Amer. Speech 4 126 ‘Hog-back’ and ‘turtle-back’ are common names for hills or ridges suggesting those forms. 1938 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 49 1875 Three turtleback areas have been recognized in the Black Mountains [of Death Valley, California]. They prove to be structural as well as topographic features. Compounds attributive, as turtle-back core (see sense 2); turtle-back scale n. = turtle-insect n. at turtle n.² Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Scale Derivatives ˈturtle-ˌbacked adj. having a back like a turtle's; furnished with a turtle-back (sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > having specific type of decks or superstructure race-built1622 flush1800 pooped1849 spar-decked1877 well-decked1880 turtle-backed1889 whaleback1891 shade-decked1902 1889 Cent. Dict. at Deck The turtle-deck or turtle-backed deck..is a convex deck extending a short distance aft from the stem of an ocean steamer to shed the water in a head sea; in many..steamships..there is a similar arrangement on the stern. 1891 Chambers's Encycl. (new ed.) VII. 421/2 An armoured turtle-backed deck which extends throughout the length of the ship. 1908 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 51/1 I can see..a turtle-backed affair pushing out from the advanced trench. 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