water breaker

English

Alternative forms

water-breaker

Noun

water breaker (plural water breakers)

(nautical) A container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Chapter 25”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134:
  […] I came on deck, put down my own stock behind the rudder head and well out of the coxswain’s reach, went forward to the water-breaker, and had a good deep drink of water, and then, and not till then, gave Hands the brandy.
- 1926, Neville Shute Marazan, London: Cassell, Chapter Four,
  I had only one canvas water-breaker; that was a big one, too big for me to carry single-handed from the spring to the dinghy. I should only be able to fill it half full—say seven or eight gallons on each journey.
- 1950, C. S. Forester, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, London: Michael Joseph, “The Penalty of Failure,”
  […] under Hornblower’s eye the French captain and mate served out a biscuit of hard bread to each person in the boat, and filled the pannikin for each man in turn from the water breakers under the thwarts.
An attachment fitted to a hose to produce a spray.

单词	water breaker
释义	water breaker English Alternative forms water-breaker Noun water breaker (plural water breakers) (nautical) A container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft. 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Chapter 25”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134: […] I came on deck, put down my own stock behind the rudder head and well out of the coxswain’s reach, went forward to the water-breaker, and had a good deep drink of water, and then, and not till then, gave Hands the brandy. 1926, Neville Shute Marazan, London: Cassell, Chapter Four, I had only one canvas water-breaker; that was a big one, too big for me to carry single-handed from the spring to the dinghy. I should only be able to fill it half full—say seven or eight gallons on each journey. 1950, C. S. Forester, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, London: Michael Joseph, “The Penalty of Failure,” […] under Hornblower’s eye the French captain and mate served out a biscuit of hard bread to each person in the boat, and filled the pannikin for each man in turn from the water breakers under the thwarts. An attachment fitted to a hose to produce a spray.
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