“sternman”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sternman

释义

ˈsternman
Also 7 sternsman.
[f. stern n.³ + man. Cf. steerman, steersman.]
†1. A steersman, pilot; cf. stern n.³ 1. Obs.
1582Batman Barth. De P.R. xi. xii. 163 b, The sternman doubteth, and cannot know whetherward he shall stir the ship a right.1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 50 God as the sternesman that directeth and guideth all.1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iii. xxi. 217 The rash Sterneman split her dangerously against a hidden Rocke.1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 147 Before hee hath described the Sternsman, a man of sinne.
2. A man posted in the stern of a boat.
1894Outing XXIV. 189/2 The sternman sits on the gun⁓wale of the extreme end of the craft.

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