单词 | cant-timber |
释义 | > as lemmascant-timber cant-timber n. (see quots.). Π 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Cant-timbers,..those timbers which are situated at the two ends of a ship. They derive their name from being canted, or raised obliquely from the keel. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 67 Those timbers which form the bow and stern of a ship are called ‘cant timbers’. < as lemmas |
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