单词 | unparrel |
释义 | unparrelv. Nautical. Now rare. transitive. To detach (a yard) from a mast by removing the parrel or parrels. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > remove parrels unparrel1627 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 41 For more haste vnparrell the mizen yard and lanch it, and the saile ouer her Lee quarter. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. x We..for more haste unparrell'd the Misen yard, and lanch'd it and the Sail over her Lee-quarter. 1757 J. Serenius Eng. & Swedish Dict. (ed. 2) To Unparrel, the yards. 1865 London & China Tel. 12 Jan. 20/1 The fore topsail yard got unparelled, carrying away all the topmast and rigging. 1908 Independent 20 Feb. 402/1 As soon as we got the yard unparrelled and slung ‘acockbill’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1627 |
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