“overmast”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

overmast

释义

overmast, v.|-ˈmɑːst, -mæst|
[f. over- 26 + mast n.¹]
trans. To furnish (a ship) with too high or too heavy a mast or masts. Hence overˈmasting vbl. n.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. iii. 15 If you ouermast her, either in length or bignesse, she will lie too much downe by a wind.1697Dryden æneid v. 202 Cloanthus better mann'd, pursu'd him fast, But his o'ermasted gally check'd his haste.1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789).1902Conrad Youth 40 She was certainly over-masted.1906― Mirror of Sea xi. 58 It was a fine period in ship⁓building, and also..a period of over-masting.1930J. Masefield Wanderer of Liverpool 27 Mr. Potter was inclined to think that the Wanderer had been over-masted.

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