| 单词 | cap of a block |
| 释义 | > as lemmascap of a block 17. Nautical. A strong thick block of wood, having two large holes through it, used to hold two masts together, when one is erected at the head of the other in order to lengthen it (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). cap of a block: see quot. 1794. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topmast > support for top-nail1337 cap1626 fid1644 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 Strike your top masts to the cap. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 77 To lower or strike the Flag, is to pull it down upon the Cap. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 53 The..stay Drags the main-top-mast by the cap away. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 150 Cap, a semi-circular projection from the sides and round the end of a block above the pin; through it two holes are bored..through [which] the strap is passed, to prevent its being chafed. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 132 Rigging all let go..topsail yards down upon the caps. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 75 The lower caps are usually made of oak, with an iron band round them. < as lemmas |
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