| 单词 | rope yarn |
| 例句 | Thirsty in the sight of lakes and streams, and maddened with hunger, Roberts tore up the floor of the cabin, and, patching together a canoe with rope yarn, paddled to shore and procured water. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Ocean cables are made of a number of copper wires, each wire covered with gutta-percha, the wires twisted together and protected with tarred rope yarn and an outer layer of galvanized iron wires. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z As far as possible work was confined to the fore part of the ship, and beside the ordinary routine little was done but the plaiting of rope yarns into sennit—always a kill-time. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A Russian thrust inward the smoking end of a torch made out of rope yarn. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z A small keg, filled with tarred rope yarns and a bottle of turpentine, was given to me with which to set the schooner on fire. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "If you touch a rope yarn of this ship, I shall board instantly." Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read "It is mixed with a little coarse wool, and carded into rope yarn, the same as wool, ready to be spun." Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life Mr. Crane, permit me to inform you, is a fearless and experienced yachtsman; every hair in his head, nautically speaking, is a rope yarn. A Pirate of Parts A small line formed of three fine strands, smaller than rope yarn; principally used for seizings of the block-strops, fastening the clues of sails to their bolt-ropes, and other purposes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Carteret begged in vain for a rope yarn, a forge, and various things which his experience told him would be indispensable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century He slashed away the rope yarn which lashed the marlinespike. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Mr Ferris, with a ball of rope yarn in his hand, fastened the dresses forthwith to the halliards by the skirts, allowing the full sleeves to blow out. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley As they had no halyards, it was fixed with rope yarns to the top of the staff, before it was set up. The Three Admirals To secure the falls of a tackle together by means of spun yarn, rope yarn, or any lashing wound round them. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Then one of them sponged the bore, another inserted the cartridge, containing three pounds of powder, by means of a long ladle, a third shoved in a wad of rope yarn. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Then, we looked into the store-room; where there was an oakum smell, and a nautical seasoning of dreadnought clothing, rope yarn, boat-hooks, sculls and oars, spare stretchers, rudders, pistols, cutlasses, and the like. Reprinted Pieces It was familiar with dried meats and tongues, possessing an extraordinary flavour of rope yarn. Dombey and Son We untied the rope yarn and the paper fell upon the table; we opened it out, wondering what message could be written on it. Jim Davis And his hair was yellow, like the straw of a southern harvest or the manila rope yarns which sailormen plait. The Son of the Wolf I had him fast and triced in the blanket with a rope yarn.” Jerry of the Islands The rope yarn had been parted, and Lerumie’s fingers were feeling inside the blanket for him. Jerry of the Islands |
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