Well, I haven't played along with Bermuda Onion's Wondrous Words Wednesday (a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading throughout the previous week.) in a very long time...but, the book I'm reading currently -- "The Songcatcher" by Sharyn McCrumb -- has offered up two words so far that I can add to the game..."The men who had taken me off of the beach had locked me below deck on the orlop deck" (pg 31)
and,
"...St. Columba -- had come over from Ireland, beached his wee leather coracle, and built a great church..." (pg 39)
And that's all for me this week.
*All definitions are garnered from The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition, unless otherwise noted.
6 comments:
Nautical words are always different- and they have so many of them! I love the sound of orlop- pity I won't ever get to use it.
Nautical words ! I wonder how many they are ! I'm reading "Moby Dick" (in French ) and have to search a nautical word in the dictionnary several times a page ...
I learned orlop in a book about pirates, but coracle was new to me. Great words!
Those are both new to me! I love the sound of orlop but don't think I'll have the chance to use it.
both new words for me. Maybe will get a chance to use orlop when we visit a war ship next month as part of a scout group outing (my son is going but will it be dad or mom with him, I don't know that yet)
Coracle I knew, but had forgotten. Orlop was new. Great words!
JNCL
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