cappabar

词形变化

cappabars not attested 复数

别名

capperbar capabarre cap a bar cape bar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a misappropriation of government property; embezzlement or fraud carried out in the management of a ship.

    废旧 航海 交通

    If e'er the Fortune of the war Gave him a Prize, he'd cap a bar Like blazes--but stand clear! that elf Who dared to steal besides himself.

    Patrick O'Brian, *The Mauritius Command.* disposing of His Majesty's property was an immemorial practice among His Majesty's servants … and in the Navy it went by the name of cappabar.

词源

Uncertain. First attested 1818 as cap a bar. Dated or obsolete by the early 20th century.

来源：wiktionary