“tide、gate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tide-gate

释义

▪ I. † tide-gate¹ Obs.
[f. tide n. 7 + gate n.²]
= tideway.
1557W. Towrson in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 113 Like vnto a streame or tyde gate.1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 8 Now..graueld vp, and the streame or tyde gate turned another way.1678Phillips (ed. 4), Tidegate, in Navigation is where the Tide runs strongest.1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I. s.v. Tide, When the Tide runs very strong, they call it a Tide Gate.1711Sibbald Descr. Shetland 3 The Rousts and high tide-gates of the Sea about the Promontories and the Isles.1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.
▪ II. tide-gate²
[f. as prec. + gate n.¹]
A gate through which the water passes into a dock or the like at flood-time, and by which it is retained during the ebb.
1755Johnson, Tidegate, a gate through which the tide passes into a bason.1838Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 410/2 As the embankments rise, the tide-gates will be arranged so as to regulate the quantity of water inside the bays.1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Tide-gate, the entrance gate of a dock.

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