| 单词 |
back-staff |
| 释义 |
† ˈback-ˌstaff Obs. [f. back n.] A peculiar kind of quadrant formerly used in taking altitudes at sea, so called because the observer turned his back to the sun.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xv. 73 A Crosse staffe, a Backestaffe, an Astrolobe. 1696in Phillips; in mod. Dicts. |

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