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Tarring and feathering
Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
A punishment now obsolete,—inflicted by stripping the delinquent, then smearing him with tar, covering him with flocks and feathers, and towing him ashore. it was ordered in the naval enactments of richard i. for theft.
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Punishment, английский
- The execution of the sentence against an offender, as awarded by a court-martial, or adjudged by a superior officer.
- Rules of conduct and penalties for flouting them are essential to all forms of society, especially so in ships at sea, which were historically independent of land-based authority, giving ship captains unfettered power over their crews. the earliest extant english-language laws and punishments are the ordinances or usages of the sea promulgated in 1190 by richard lionheart (who himself spoke little or no english) for the english crusader fleet. in part, these stated: he who kills a man on shipboard, shall be bound to
Delinquent, английский
Просроченный
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Tarrock, английский
The kittiwake, larus tridactylus, a small species of gull.
Tarred with the same brush, английский
Equivalent to “birds of a feather.”
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