Loggerhead
Loggerhead İngilizce anlamı ve tanımı
Loggerhead anlamları
- (noun) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
- (noun) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast.
- (noun) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
- (noun) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
- (noun) A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
Loggerhead tanım:
Kelime: log·ger·head
Söyleniş: 'lo-g&r-"hed, 'lä-
İşlev: noun
Kökeni: probably from English dialect logger block of wood English head
1 chiefly dialect a : BLOCKHEAD b : HEAD; especially : a disproportionately large head
2 a : a very large carnivorous sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of subtropical and temperate waters b : ALLIGATOR SNAPPER
3 : an iron tool consisting of a long handle terminating in a ball or bulb that is heated and used to melt tar or to heat liquids
- at loggerheads : in or into a state of quarrelsome disagreement