单词 | wardroom |
释义 | wardroomn. 1. The mess-cabin of naval commissioned officers above the rank of sub-lieutenant; hence, the commissioned officers as a body. Since 1948 wardrooms have been used by warrant officers as well as commissioned officers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > part of vessel where sailors live > in naval vessel gun-room1626 cockpit1691 gunner-rooma1698 wardroom1759 wardroom mess1887 pit1890 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > commissioned officers collectively gold braid1753 wardroom1801 wardroom officer1850 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 306/1 On Thursday the 13th inst. at half an hour past one in the afternoon, word was passed into the ward room, by the centry, that the fore part of our ship, the Prince George, was on fire. The lieutenants ran immediately forward. 1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. ccxxx* The Wardrooms will prate, I believe, none of us can doubt. 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Ward-room, in ships of war, a room over the gun-room, where the lieutenants, and other principal officers, sleep and mess. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket vi. 33 In a [U.S.] frigate it comprises the after-part of the berth-deck. Sometimes it goes by the name of the Gun-room, but oftener is called the Ward-room. 1902 Monthly Rev. Aug. 103 The engineer is received into the ward-room on his own merits. 1948 Admiralty Order in London Gaz. 25 June 3719/1 We are of the opinion that all officers of the Warrant Officer classes should be regarded as Wardroom Officers for messing purposes and the Warrant Officers Mess as such be abolished. 2. A military guardroom n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > military > guardroom or punishment cell black hole1727 wardroom1853 Q1883 1853 G. P. R. James Agnes Sorel II. iv. 53 A page ran into the ward-room of the gate-tower. 1902 London Mag. 8 444/2 Closing the ward-room door behind him he then shut the gate, thrusting the bolts into their places. 3. A room or hall used for the meetings of a city ward. U.S. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > meeting of a town, parish, ward, or county > place of wardroom1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wardroom,..2. a room used by the officers of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc. Compounds General attributive. wardroom mess n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > part of vessel where sailors live > in naval vessel gun-room1626 cockpit1691 gunner-rooma1698 wardroom1759 wardroom mess1887 pit1890 1887 A. C. Gunter Mr. Barnes xix. 138 Danella was soon en rapport with the ward-room messes of half the British squadron. wardroom officer n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > commissioned officers collectively gold braid1753 wardroom1801 wardroom officer1850 1850 H. Melville White-jacket vi. 33 Besides the First Lieutenant, the Ward-room officers include the junior lieutenants, in a [U.S.] frigate six or seven in number, the Sailing-master [etc.]. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Ward-room officers, those who mess in the wardroom, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paymaster, marine-officers, and assistant-surgeons. wardroom rank n. ΚΠ 1850 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) I. iv. 46 He is a great advocate for the claims of assistant surgeons to ward-room rank. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1759 |
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