| 单词 | under bare poles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder bare poles c. Nautical. A ship's mast; (also) the upper end of a mast rising above the rigging. under bare poles and variants: with no sail set; with furled sails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast masteOE pole?c1450 shipmast1495 mast-pole1601 pine1769 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > with no sails set under bare poles1697 bare poles1762 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > upper part of mast masthead1495 batt's end1577 pole1799 ?c1450 Trivet's Life of Constance in F. J. Furnivall Originals & Analogues Canterbury Tales (1876) 229 (MED) In that shyp that ungoodly Morderes, the Sowdans Moder, put that mayd Constaunce withoute pooles [Fr. sigle] or Orys. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 17 We may have..to spoon before the Sea with our Powles. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 415 We scudded..before the wind very swift, tho only with our bare Poles. 1799 Hull Advertiser 20 July 2/4 The brig is painted black, with..no pole to her fore top gallant-mast. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 22 The vessel rolls, At ocean's mercy under poles. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Storms That is a storm which reduces a ship to her storm stay-sails, or to her bare poles. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xviii. 174 Wolf Larsen ran out of it and to the southward, first under a double-reefed jib, and finally under bare poles. 1990 T. Cunliffe Easy on Helm vi. 50 Drop the headsail as well and ‘blow’ along under bare poles. < as lemmas |
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