单词 | yeoman of the sheets |
释义 | > as lemmasyeoman of the sheets b. In the British and U.S. navies, an inferior officer who has charge of the stores in a particular department: with of or possessive, as yeoman of the powder-room, yeoman of the sheets (now abolished), yeoman of (the) signals, yeoman of the store-room, boatswain's yeoman, engineer's yeoman, paymaster's yeoman, ship's yeoman. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > yeoman yeoman1669 ship's yeoman1850 yeomanette1918 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2997 Why goon the ȝemen to bote, Ankirs to hale?] 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 46 A Gunner..must be careful in making Choice of a sober honest Man, for the Yeoman of the Powder. 1698 in MSS. Ho. Lords (N.S.) III. (1905) 346 The gunner and the yeoman ordered him to assist him. 1702 in London Gaz. No. 3815/2 Yeomen of the Sheets,..Yeomen of the Powder Room. 1816 in Orders Council Naval Service (1866) I. 300 We further submit to your Royal Highness to be pleased to sanction the abolition of the following obsolete or unnecessary ratings:—Yeoman of the Powder Room. —— of the Sheets. 1833 in Orders Council Naval Service (1866) I. 511 Yeoman of the Store Rooms. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxx. 149 The ship's Yeoman's store-room. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 234 The boatswain's yeoman. 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being 82 The Yeoman of Signals came to the captain's cabin at the regulation pace... ‘Signal from the flagship, sir.’ 1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 28 The chief petty officer, who is entitled chief yeoman of the signals. 1918 T. S. Eliot Let. 13 Nov. in Waste Land Drafts (1971) p. xv I was sent for by the Navy Intelligence, who said..that..they would make me a Chief Yeoman and raise me to a commission in a few months. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance i 6 My chief yeoman's got the logs and other records all lined up. < as lemmas |
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