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单词 cross-sail
释义 I. ˈcross-sail, n. Obs.
[cross- 4.]
1. Naut. A square-sail, i.e. one placed across the breadth of the ship (not fore-and-aft); formerly the large mainsail so placed; also a vessel with square-sails.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. C. 102 Cachen vp þe crossayl, cables þay fasten.a1618Raleigh Invent. Shipping 30 Any Fleet of crosse sailes, with which they encounter.1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 40 A crosse saile cannot come neerer the wind than six points.
2. pl. Sails (of a windmill) set cross-wise.
1612Sturtevant Metallica (1854) 75 So a windmillne consisting..of all his essential parts besides his crosse sales is ineffectuall and not able to grinde corne.
Hence ˈcross-sailed a., ? having the cross-sail set, ready to sail.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 36 Sens thou art crosse saylde, auale vnhappie booke.1580North Plutarch (1612) 439 Took ship, finding one crosse-sailed, bound towards Afrike.
II. ˈcross-sail, v. Obs.
[cross- 6.]
intr. ? To sail across or over.
1564–78W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 29 A letter to a Marchaunte Venterer that was crossailed into Terra Florida.
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