thwart
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9.4
- noun
- /θwɔrt/
- Specialized
:
travesaño
- The dog sat motionless just behind the cedar tree while Konrad knelt, supporting himself on a thwart.
Examples
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Bear had tied the line to the stern thwart.
Fiction book (1991) -
The carpenter measured the new thwart he was installing in the canoe.
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His heavy coat lay on the thwart beside me.
Fiction book (1997) -
The new thwart fit snugly, and he fastened it with brass screws.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the rear of his work shed, Red Murdock planed a board he'd cut for the thwart.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pinky, his plump red face creased with anguish, slides across to the center of the midship thwart.
Fiction book (1991) -
He buttoned his boat cloak at her neck, tucked the folds of heavy wool around her, and secured her between the thwarts of the boat.
Blog text (18) -
A snapshot of Archie and Edmund Aird, two very young men sitting in the boat at the edge of the loch with their rods and their creels stowed on the thwarts.
Fiction book (1990) -
The rowers found it comfortable to rest on the thwart during their break.
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She took a seat on the thwart to enjoy the calm water and sunny day.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thwart comes from an old word that meant 'across', much like the simple word cross. On a boat a thwart is the wooden bar that goes 'across' the hull and often serves as a seat, so the origin explains its shape and place.