单词 | tumble home |
释义 | > as lemmastumble 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. ΘΚΠ 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’. tumble home tumble home n. Brit. /ˈtʌmbl həʊm/ , U.S. /ˈtəmb(ə)l ˌhoʊm/ in a ship, = tumbling home at tumbling n. 2; also transferred of a motor vehicle.ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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