waister
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editwaister (plural waisters)
- (nautical, military, historical) A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.
- 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time, page 129:
- The largest division of a ship's company, and the most ignoble, was that of the waisters, the men stationed in the waist, the men " without art or judgment," who hauled aft the fore and main sheets, and kept the decks white.
Translations
edita seaman stationed in the waist
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References
edit- “waister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editwaister
- Alternative form of wastour