| 单词 | whale-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhale-line a. A rope, cord, string; †a leash for dogs or for hawks. Chiefly Nautical or as short for clothesline n., etc. Also applied with words prefixed to particular ‘makes’ of rope, e.g. cod-line, house-line, whale-line. spec. as used by climbers (usually opposed to rope). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > rope, string, cord, etc. stringa900 linea1000 lacec1230 cordc1305 whipcord?a1500 thumb-rope1601 thumb-band1639 chord1645 spun-yarn1685 hairline1731 tie-tie1774 rope1841 wire rope2001 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > place to exercise hounds > collars, leads, etc. linea1000 collar1377 torretc1386 dog collar1485 doghook1528 terret1530 slip1564 dogwhip1583 trash1611 shangan1787 puzzle-peg1789 puzzle1792 shangy1825 leading-strap1856 nosepiece1865 dog tag1882 lead1893 harness1895 silent whistle1923 standing iron1934 the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > leash creance14.. loync1400 lunea1470 leash1497 line1590 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of runner1688 runner ring1791 ice axec1800 alpenstock1829 rope1838 climbing-iron1857 piolet1868 snap-link1875 prickera1890 middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892 chock1894 glacier-rope1897 piton1898 run-out1901 belaying-pin1903 snap-ring1903 ironmongery1904 line1907 Tricouni1914 ice claw1920 peg1920 sling1920 ice piton1926 ice hammer1932 karabiner1932 rock piton1934 thread belay1935 mugger1941 running belay1941 piton hammer1943 sky-hook1951 etrier1955 pied d'éléphant1956 rope sling1957 piton runner1959 bong1960 krab1963 rurp1963 ice screw1965 nut1965 traverse line1965 jumar1966 knife-blade1968 tie-off1968 rock peg1971 whammer1971 Whillans whammer1971 Whillans harness1974 a1000 Solomon & Saturn 294 Yldo..ræceð wide langre linan, lisseð eall ðæt heo wile. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 182/24 Spirae, linan. 1390–1 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 40 Pro..v lynes parvis pro les ankeres et seyles.] a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 29532 Cursing es þe fendes lyne þat harles a man to hell pine. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 176 The seymen..Thair lynys kest and waytyt weyll the tyd. c1520 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 206 Pro vjxx fawdom long lyne for the convaans of the schryne with ij lytyll lynys callyd syde ropes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. ii. D She knyt the rose coloured lyne in the wyndowe. 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica The gesses, lemniscus. The lines, tænia. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A3v And by her in a line a milkewhite lambe she lad. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 186/2 The string wherewith we lead them;..for a Spaniel [it is called] a Line. 1700 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises (1703) 247 A Line seldom holding to strein..above 50 or 60 feet. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 3 June 65 Shirts waving upon lines. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 446 Deep-sea soundings for scientific purposes are recorded in thousands of fathoms, in which case the line is sometimes made of silk. 1889 A. B. Goulden Mission of St. Alphege 51 Family washing is hung on lines stretched across the lane. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 700/2 Fine alpine line. 1923 G. D. Abraham First Steps to Climbing ii. 35 A light Alpine line is also supplied but that is mostly used by experts on exceptionally difficult courses... For the beginner the ordinary rope is advisable. 1935 D. Pilley Climbing Days xi. 224 We set aside the ordinary Alpine rope, and used 120 feet of Alpine line. 1950 Mountaineering Handbk. (Assoc. Brit. Members Swiss Alpine Club) ii. 27 Line can be used on ice or rock..or for rappel slings... Doubled, it can be used as a light rope. 1957 R. W. Clark & E. C. Pyatt Mountaineering in Brit. ix. 160 One development in technique was..the increasing use of line in preference to full size rope. whale-line whale-line n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > rope or line whale-line1785 whale-pole1851 1785 Act 25 Geo. III c. 56 §2 Short Chucking, Half Clean, Whale-line, or other Toppings. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 12 The whale-line, manilla rope like yellow silk, 1½ inch round, was brought on deck. < as lemmas |
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