单词 | windsail |
释义 | windsailn. 1. Nautical. A long wide tube or funnel of sail-cloth used for ventilating a ship. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > tube of sailcloth on a ship windsail1741 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel > for light air > scoop on windsail1741 ventilator1846 air scoop1919 1741 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 65 The Wind-Sails..are usually between 25 and 30 Foot long, according to the Size of the Ship. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida I. iii. 22 I trimmed my ear like a windsail in the tropics. 1842 C. Dickens in J. Forster Life Dickens (1872) I. 321 From the roof, a couple of windsails dangled and drooped, limp and useless. 2. A sail of a windmill. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail sailc1440 wing1484 ventaila1529 vane1581 sweep1702 arm1724 windsail1725 wind-vane1725 swift1763 wan1767 flyer1790 van1837 1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. iv. 151 Here are some wonderful Engines for throwing up Water,..one..goes by Wind-Sails, 12 Wings or Sails to a Mill. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 450/2. 1883 G. Meredith Sense & Spirit in Poems & Lyrics 8 We go distraught, At best but circle-windsails of a mill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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