different between cathead vs shipwreck
cathead
English
Etymology
cat +? head?
Noun
cathead (plural catheads)
- (nautical) A heavy piece of timber projecting from each side of the bow of a ship for holding anchors which were fitted with a stock in position for letting go or for securing after weighing.
- Similar rigging on the outside of a building.
Alternative forms
- cat-head
Related terms
- cathead biscuit
Translations
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shipwreck
English
Alternative forms
- shipwrack
Etymology
From Middle English schip-wracke, from Old English scipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship +? wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p??k/
Noun
shipwreck (countable and uncountable, plural shipwrecks)
- A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
- 1670, John Dryden and William D'Avenant, The Tempest
- heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich
- 1670, John Dryden and William D'Avenant, The Tempest
- An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
- 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier
- they made the coast of Cochin China, and the tempests, which rose at the same time, threatened them more than once with shipwreck
- 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier
- (figuratively) Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
- Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.
- 1879, John Morley, Burke
- It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck.
Synonyms
- shipbreach
Derived terms
- shipwrecky
Translations
Verb
shipwreck (third-person singular simple present shipwrecks, present participle shipwrecking, simple past and past participle shipwrecked)
- To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
Translations
See also
- castaway
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