|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Afforciament
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
An old term for a fortress or stronghold.
|
|
Stronghold, английский
|
Afore the mast, английский
See before the mast.
Affectionate friends, английский
- An official inconsistent subscription, even to letters of reproof and imprest, used by the former board of commissioners of the navy to such officers as were not of noble families or bore titles; the only british board that ever made
- According to an anecdote related by admiral william henry smyth in his 1867 sailor’s word book, the former board of commissioners of the (royal) navy was the only government organization snobbish enough to have a special form of address for “officers who were not of noble families (n)or bore titles” calling them with tongue in cheek “affectionate friends.” however, when a distinguished naval captain, himself a knight, closed a letter to the board with that salutation the commissioners were offended and ordered him to “discontinue such expression.” the captain acknowledged, but ended with “i am, gentlemen, no longer your affectionate friend.” smyth recounts that the practice then ended abruptly.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
