单词 | unrigged |
释义 | unriggedadj.1 Nautical. Of a ship, etc.: divested of rigging; that has had the rigging taken down. Also in figurative contexts.Not always distinguishable from unrigged adj.2 ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > having lost tackle, rigging, or mast untackled1552 distackled1586 unriggeda1593 unmasted1669 dismasted1769 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > rigged > not rigged unriggeda1593 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. Ev In the harbor ride thy ships vnrigd. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iii. sig. C4v Yet..are my ships vnrigd, My Sailes all rent. 1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India (1908) 215 The carricke..nowe lyeth alltogeather unrigged. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3088/3 The Ships that lay hard by unrigg'd. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iv. 330 Our shrouds were loose, and our top-masts unrigged. 1799 Hull Advertiser 30 Mar. 1/4 She being totally unrigged, struck. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xvi. 281 Our guns became..hot from quick firing... By this time we were almost..unrigged. 1860 R. W. Emerson Culture in Conduct of Life (U.K. ed.) 41 They preferred the noble vessel too late for the tide, contending with winds and waves, dismantled and unrigged, to her companion borne into harbor with colors flying. 1907 Billboard 9 Nov. 25/1 Many of the new shows are homeward bound, scarred, unrigged, and with tattered sails hanging limp after the turbulent battle with the elements of misfortune. 1993 Jrnl. Amer. Res. Center Egypt 30 150/1 Warships represented on Geometric vases tend to be shown unrigged, perhaps because the mast and rigging were removed for battle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unriggedadj.2 Nautical. Of a ship, etc.: not provided with rigging; not yet rigged. ΚΠ 1741 E. Vernon Let. 13 Mar. in Orig. Papers relating to Exped. to Panama (1744) 61 I..tacked in seven fathom of water off Carthagena town, and saw there only one unrigged ship. 1792 A. Swinton Trav. Norway, Denmark & Russia xix. 192 Had Admiral Greig lived, the Russian fleet would not be yet unrigged, and exposed to an enemy. 1830 Encycl. Brit. II. 633/2 An unrigged boat. 1866 J. Cole Arrangem. for Ramming in Mariner's Mirror (1965) 51 266 As all the Iron clads were unrigged the question of bowsprit & headgear did not..apply to them. 1908 Transportation by Water 1906 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census) 188/1 A large number of work boats other than freight carriers are included among the unrigged craft. 1991 Salt Water Sportsman Feb. 43/2 It also increases the longevity of the bait by protecting the mouth and gills from ‘washing out’. The Bally-Hood is available in both rigged and unrigged versions in a variety of bright, glittering colors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1a1593adj.21741 |
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