He was clothed with tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea cloth; and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry g 遮挡他身子的只是些已经成了破布条的旧船帆和防水布,用各种最不协调的扣襻物件缀在一起:铜钮扣、树枝、了柏油的绳子。
gaskin
[ noun ] lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle <noun.animal>