water-shotadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəʃɒt/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərʃɑt/,

/ˈwɑdərʃɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., English shot , shoot v.

Etymology: < water n. + shot, past participle of shoot v. With sense 2 compare earlier water-shot adv.

rare.

1. Having many streams or sources of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [adjective] > full of

streamy14..

rilly1727

brooky1757

water-shot1858

well-brooked1879

1858 Emery's Jrnl. Agric. 27 May 340/1 Our prairie and timber land lies so high and watershot, a day or two of fine weather will make all right yet.

1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv. 369 Dry upland, hidden salt-lake, age-old timber, and fruitful water-shot valley.

†2. Of a ship: moored so as to lie at an angle to the current. Cf. water-shot adv. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1878 Daily Gaz. 23 July 3/2 Though not altogether out of the tideway, the Eurydice is watershot, and is less in the run of the tide.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† water-shotadv.

Forms: see water n. and shoot v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., English shot , shoot v.

Etymology: < water n. + shot, past participle of shoot v.

Chiefly Nautical. Obsolete.

With reference to mooring ships: so as to lie at an angle to the current.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adverb] > so as to lie at angle to stream

water-shot1627

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 45 Water shot is to more quartering betwixt both nether crosse, nor alongst the tide.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 114 Water-shot, is a kind of moreing, that is to lay the Anchors not crosse the tide, nor right up and downe the tide, but (as you would say) betwixt both, that is quartering.

1658 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 13 Dec. (P.R.O: HCA 13/72) f. 467^v It is the vsuall Custome in mooreing of shipps in the Riuer of Thames to laye the Anchors thwart or North & South as neere as may be & not water shott right vp & downe the Riuer.

1777 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 77 Where the tide runs very strong, and there is water enough, it is certainly best to moor water shot, the anchors and cables lyng in the same direction with the tide.

1791 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 108 If a ship be moored water shot, or at a single anchor, with a windward tide..the cable may be hurt under the bows and gripe, if not served low enough.

1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iii. ii. 98 A messmate moors water shot in your harbour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	water-shot
释义	water-shotadj. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərʃɑt/, /ˈwɑdərʃɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., English shot , shoot v. Etymology: < water n. + shot, past participle of shoot v. With sense 2 compare earlier water-shot adv. rare. 1. Having many streams or sources of water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [adjective] > full of streamy14.. rilly1727 brooky1757 water-shot1858 well-brooked1879 1858 Emery's Jrnl. Agric. 27 May 340/1 Our prairie and timber land lies so high and watershot, a day or two of fine weather will make all right yet. 1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv. 369 Dry upland, hidden salt-lake, age-old timber, and fruitful water-shot valley. †2. Of a ship: moored so as to lie at an angle to the current. Cf. water-shot adv. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1878 Daily Gaz. 23 July 3/2 Though not altogether out of the tideway, the Eurydice is watershot, and is less in the run of the tide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † water-shotadv. Forms: see water n. and shoot v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., English shot , shoot v. Etymology: < water n. + shot, past participle of shoot v. Chiefly Nautical. Obsolete. With reference to mooring ships: so as to lie at an angle to the current. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adverb] > so as to lie at angle to stream water-shot1627 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 45 Water shot is to more quartering betwixt both nether crosse, nor alongst the tide. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 114 Water-shot, is a kind of moreing, that is to lay the Anchors not crosse the tide, nor right up and downe the tide, but (as you would say) betwixt both, that is quartering. 1658 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 13 Dec. (P.R.O: HCA 13/72) f. 467^v It is the vsuall Custome in mooreing of shipps in the Riuer of Thames to laye the Anchors thwart or North & South as neere as may be & not water shott right vp & downe the Riuer. 1777 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 77 Where the tide runs very strong, and there is water enough, it is certainly best to moor water shot, the anchors and cables lyng in the same direction with the tide. 1791 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 108 If a ship be moored water shot, or at a single anchor, with a windward tide..the cable may be hurt under the bows and gripe, if not served low enough. 1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iii. ii. 98 A messmate moors water shot in your harbour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1858adv.1627
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