waistern.

/ˈweɪstə/

Etymology: < waist n. + -er suffix¹.

Nautical.

(See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with duties in other specific areas

lady1711

topman1748

bowsman1776

forecastle-man1804

waister1815

foretopman1816

larboarder1846

bosman1876

upper yardman1886

sternman1894

afterguard1912

1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Waisters, a name given to the men stationed in the waist in working the ship.

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Waisters, ‘green hands, or broken-down seamen’, placed in the waist of a ship of war, to do duty not requiring a knowledge of seamanship.

1850 H. Melville White-jacket iii. 16 Then, there are the Waisters, always stationed on the gun-deck. These haul aft the fore and main-sheets, besides being subject to ignoble duties; attending to the drainage [etc.].

1854 J. Hannay Sand & Shells 13 Mr. Crabb relieved his feelings by pegging into an idle ‘waister’ with his ‘colt’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	waister
释义	waistern. /ˈweɪstə/ Etymology: < waist n. + -er suffix¹. Nautical. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with duties in other specific areas lady1711 topman1748 bowsman1776 forecastle-man1804 waister1815 foretopman1816 larboarder1846 bosman1876 upper yardman1886 sternman1894 afterguard1912 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Waisters, a name given to the men stationed in the waist in working the ship. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Waisters, ‘green hands, or broken-down seamen’, placed in the waist of a ship of war, to do duty not requiring a knowledge of seamanship. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket iii. 16 Then, there are the Waisters, always stationed on the gun-deck. These haul aft the fore and main-sheets, besides being subject to ignoble duties; attending to the drainage [etc.]. 1854 J. Hannay Sand & Shells 13 Mr. Crabb relieved his feelings by pegging into an idle ‘waister’ with his ‘colt’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1815
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