dogvane

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge the direction of the wind.
    — she had an ugly knack of stopping, and swinging one leg all manner of ways, like a dogvane in a calm.
  2. A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries) obsolete

词形变化

dogvanes plural

词源

From dog + vane.
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