英语词汇“watersail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

watersail n. (a) (originally) †a spritsail (obsolete); (later) a small sail set beneath a lower studdingsail, or under the boom of various other sails, often reaching nearly to the water, and spread in calm weather; (b) a sail lowered into the water to act as a sea anchor.B. Sandahl, in the work from which quot. 1373 is cited, notes that this use ‘is somewhat questionable, in the first place because of the form syles (note seylyerde a few lines earlier), and secondly because of the early date’.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail reaching nearly into water

watersail1373

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > drogue

drift-sail1627

stop-water1794

drift-anchor1874

drogue1874

sea-anchor1877

cone-anchor1902

watersail1925

1373 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 128 (MED) j cheyne de xvj bras ij watersyles iiijxx ores pour le barge.

1466–7 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 128 A Shyppe..with alle the Cablys and Ancrys pertenynge to the said shippe with mayn Sayll iij bonett' ffowk sayll with his bonet and the myson and also the watersayll and xj gonnys gret and smale.

1669 T. Allin Jrnl. 3 Aug. (1940) (modernized text) II. 103 I saw..besides his ordinary sails a water-sail abaft his mizzen.

1675 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 36 We have made a sayle for the starne of the ship, called a water sayle.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 127 Sloop's Water-Sail..It is occasionally spread under the boom of the main-sail in fair winds.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 38 A watersail sets under the spanker-boom end.

1925 A. B. Armitage Cadet to Commodore 15 We dropped down on the tide, aided by a large watersail over the stern, to Garden Reach.

1933 P. Mitchell Deep Water 201 [At Calcutta] the mud pilot..brought with him a water sail, like a small royal with the foot weighted and a rope fastened to each corner; this was lowered over the stern into the water.

1990 Meridian (Midland Group) Spring 34/1 There were topsails and ballooners, watersails and ringtails—a vast wardrobe of sails that drove them along at breakneck speed.

单词	watersail
释义	> as lemmas watersail watersail n. (a) (originally) †a spritsail (obsolete); (later) a small sail set beneath a lower studdingsail, or under the boom of various other sails, often reaching nearly to the water, and spread in calm weather; (b) a sail lowered into the water to act as a sea anchor.B. Sandahl, in the work from which quot. 1373 is cited, notes that this use ‘is somewhat questionable, in the first place because of the form syles (note seylyerde a few lines earlier), and secondly because of the early date’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail reaching nearly into water watersail1373 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > drogue drift-sail1627 stop-water1794 drift-anchor1874 drogue1874 sea-anchor1877 cone-anchor1902 watersail1925 1373 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 128 (MED) j cheyne de xvj bras ij watersyles iiijxx ores pour le barge. 1466–7 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 128 A Shyppe..with alle the Cablys and Ancrys pertenynge to the said shippe with mayn Sayll iij bonett' ffowk sayll with his bonet and the myson and also the watersayll and xj gonnys gret and smale. 1669 T. Allin Jrnl. 3 Aug. (1940) (modernized text) II. 103 I saw..besides his ordinary sails a water-sail abaft his mizzen. 1675 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 36 We have made a sayle for the starne of the ship, called a water sayle. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 127 Sloop's Water-Sail..It is occasionally spread under the boom of the main-sail in fair winds. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 38 A watersail sets under the spanker-boom end. 1925 A. B. Armitage Cadet to Commodore 15 We dropped down on the tide, aided by a large watersail over the stern, to Garden Reach. 1933 P. Mitchell Deep Water 201 [At Calcutta] the mud pilot..brought with him a water sail, like a small royal with the foot weighted and a rope fastened to each corner; this was lowered over the stern into the water. 1990 Meridian (Midland Group) Spring 34/1 There were topsails and ballooners, watersails and ringtails—a vast wardrobe of sails that drove them along at breakneck speed. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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