英语词汇splice the main brace的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

splice the main brace. There is some doubt as to why splice the main brace has come to mean taking a strong, intoxicating drink. The main brace on a ship is the line secured to the main yard, from which the mainsail flies. The implication might be that a good drink braces a body. But one authority says the term derives from the days of sail, when the main brace was the most difficult to splice, being in a highly dangerous posi- tion, and that the crew received a double tot of rum after fin- ishing the job on it.

词汇	splice the main brace
词源	splice the main brace. There is some doubt as to why splice the main brace has come to mean taking a strong, intoxicating drink. The main brace on a ship is the line secured to the main yard, from which the mainsail flies. The implication might be that a good drink braces a body. But one authority says the term derives from the days of sail, when the main brace was the most difficult to splice, being in a highly dangerous posi- tion, and that the crew received a double tot of rum after fin- ishing the job on it.
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