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单词 tumble home
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tumble home
11. intransitive. Of the sides of a ship: to incline or slope inwards, to contract above the point of extreme breadth; to batter. Usually tumble home. Opposed to flare v. 4a. Also transferred.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > be of specific construction or shape [verb (intransitive)] > have upper works narrower or wider than lower
to house in1627
flare1644
tumblea1687
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > incline inwards
tumble homea1687
a1687 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. ii, in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions (1691) 124 Let the supernatant sides of a Ship so much tumble..as that the said sides may remain perpendicular when the Ship stoops.
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 165 Tumbling home; when the Ship-side declines from a Perpendicular upwards, or, as some call it, houses in.
1761 H. Walpole Let. 28 Apr. in Corr. (1941) IX. 363 Old Newcastle, whose teeth are tumbled out and his mouth tumbled in.
1848 T. White Ship Building 39 The upper works usually incline towards the middle line, or as it is termed ‘tumble home’.
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tumble home
tumble home n.
Brit. /ˈtʌmbl həʊm/
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U.S. /ˈtəmb(ə)l ˌhoʊm/
in a ship, = tumbling home at tumbling n. 2; also transferred of a motor vehicle.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > specific shape
tumble home1833
torpedo1909
torpedo-body1924
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > part above waterline > inward inclination of
homing1622
tumbling home1664
tumbling-in1832
tumble home1833
1833 T. Richardson Mercantile Marine Archit. 13 Giving only six inches tumble home of the topside.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 60 When the ship has considerable beam, the breadth of the channel is kept within reasonable limits by giving a ‘tumble home’ to the top-sides.
1924 Motor 7 Oct. 450/2 The body is of particularly pleasing lines, with a V windscreen and tumble-home stern.
1968 Motor Industry Res. Rep. ix. 25/1 Decreases due to increasing the canopy tumble-home.
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