English Dictionary

grave

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡɹeɪv/

動詞

廃用 他動詞

(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.

日本語の意味

（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。

Before we set sail, the old hands would grave the hull, scraping away barnacles and paying it over with pitch.

出航前に経験豊かな乗組員たちは船底のフジツボを取り除き、タールで塗り直した。

意味（1）

(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.

graves （ present singular third-person ）

graving （ participle present ）

graved （ participle past ）

graved （ past ）