The Language of SailingTaylor & Francis, 2000 - 369 стор. There have been many dictionaries explaining to laymen the technical terms of sailing. None of them, until now, has systematically set out to explore their etymology and evolution. The Language of Sailing demonstrates that many of the American and British words in question are derived-- often in complex and controversial ways--from other languages, mainly European. The diction of the sea, in fact, is a huge and hybrid skein, much of it traceable as far back as Sanskrit. It reveals that seafaring knitted Europeans together, sometimes in conflict and rivalry, often also in comradeship, when sailing crews could be as multinational as today's international conglomerates. The Language of Sailing is not intended simply for the entertainment of sailors and scholars. Anyone interested in the literature of the sea will find here an unusual and suggestive resource. |
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1769 in Falconer 1961 in Burgess Accounts Navy Records anchor attested in 1769 beam block boat boom bowsprit buoy cable Camden Society canvas cognate common Teutonic root deck denoting derived from OE Dictionary edition EETS English etymology familiar word fishing flag fore-and-aft fore-and-aft rigged gaff Germanic languages haul High German hitch hoisted hull keel knot languages luff mainsail mast medieval Latin metal Middle Dutch Middle High German Middle Low German modern French nautical context nautical sense Naval Accounts Navy Navy Records Society obsolete Old High German Old Teutonic Oxford Companion plank reef rope round rudder Sailor's Word-book Seaman's Grammar Seamanship secured ship ship's side similar words sixteenth century slang Smith source is OE Spanish spar spelling spelt spinnaker splice square-rigger staysail stern strands tack thence tide timber transl usually verb vessel Voyage wind wooden word's yacht yard
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