单词 | boatswain's chair |
释义 | boatswain's chairnouna seat composed of a plank suspended in a horizontal position from ropes, used by painters and other persons who work on the exteriors of buildings, ships, etc., while seated at a considerable height. Origin of boatswain's chairFirst recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby boatswain's chairboatslip, boatsman, boatsmanship, boatswain, boatswain bird, boatswain's chair, boatswain's pipe, boat tail, boat-tailed grackle, boat train, boatwright Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for boatswain's chairboatswain's chair nounnautical a seat consisting of a short flat board slung from ropes, used to support a person working on the side of a vessel or in its rigging Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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