“leadsman”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

leadsman

释义

▪ I. † leadsman¹ Obs.
[f. leads, genitive of lead n.² + man.]
A guide, = lodesman.
c1510Gest R. Hode vii. 369 in Child Ballads (1888) III. 74/1, I wyll be your ledës-man, And lede you the way.1598Barret Theor. Warres 29 They find their leadsman before them in their due distance.
▪ II. leadsman²|ˈlɛdzmən|
[f. gen. of lead n.¹ + man.]
The man who ‘heaves’ the lead in taking soundings.
1857S. Osborn Quedah xxii. 308 The rippling music of my gun-boat's stem..and the low call of the leadsman, were the only signs of life.1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Leadsman... In Calcutta the young gentlemen learning to be pilots are called leadsmen.1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. (ed. 2) 153 The foremast awning stanchion..forms a good support for the leadsman's breast-rope.1891Scribner's Mag. Sept. 278/2 Skilful pilots; each of whom brings his own leadsman on board.

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