单词 | wharf-master |
释义 | > as lemmaswharf-master wharf-master n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > harbour-master > [noun] > master of pier or wharf wharfinger1552 quaymaster1578 pierreeve1586 wharf-mastera1618 a1618 W. Raleigh in Remains (1661) 179 From any Port Town..the Bridge-master or the Wharfmaster..will deliver a true Note of the number of Lasts of Herrings brought to their Wharfes. 1836 J. M. Peck New Guide for Emigrants to West xii. 320 The following, from the register of a wharf master, will exhibit the commerce for 1835. 1968 M. M. Sibley Port of Houston iii. 59 Wharfmaster Daniel G. Wheeler reported that in that year [sc. 1844] 6.892 bales passed over the Houston wharves. < as lemmas |
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