Last Updated:2025/11/19
(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
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Source Word
grave
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Verb
obsolete
transitive
Japanese Meaning
(船舶関連の古語)船底に付着した藻、いぼ、海草などの付着物を除去し、タールで塗布する作業をすること。
( present singular third-person )
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( participle past )
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