英语词汇“bobstay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

bobstay

释义

bobstay
[f. bob (uncertain in what sense) + stay n.]
‘A rope used to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem... [Its use] is to draw down the bowsprit and keep it steady; and to counteract the force of the stays of the fore-mast, which draw it upwards.’ Falconer Dict. Marine (1769).
1758Chron. in Ann. Reg. 78/1 They..passed the end of the mizen top sail sheet through the enemy's bobstay.1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxx. 111 New and strong bobstays [were] fitted in the place of the chain ones.1875‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports ii. viii. i. §5 Heave down the bobstay, and then haul the topmast forward again.
b. attrib., as in bobstay-collar, bobstay-hole, bobstay-plate.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Bobstay-collars..are almost entirely superseded by iron bands.Ibid., Bobstay-holes, those cut through the fore-part of the knee of the head, between the cheeks, for the admission of the bobstay; they are not much used now, as chain bobstays are almost universal, which are secured to plates by shackles.

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