gibstaffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

gibstaff (複数形 gibstaffs)

1. (obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat.
   • 1987, G. Mustafa Shar, “The Mohanna — An Unknown Life on the Indus River”, in Reports on Field Work Carried out at Mohenjo-Daro: Interim Reports, volume 2 (1983–84), ISSN 0174-6375, page 173:

     The house boats of the Mohannas are called “Doondees“. One family may live in the same small boat for as long as half a century. These “Doondees“ range in size between 6 m long and 2 m wide up to a length of 14 m and a width of 4 m in the middle of the boat. The boat is basically steered by a gibstaff.