intransitive. To bring the head of a ship nearer to the wind; to steer or sail nearer the wind; to sail in a specified direction with the head…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward (12) luff1390 intransitive. To bring the head of a ship nearer to the wind; to steer or sail nearer the wind; to sail in a specified direction with the head… to spring one's luff1591 In various phrases. †on luff, †at a luff, †at luff and lie, luff a luff: hugging the wind closely, close to the wind. †a luff: see aloof, int. 1 †to… to clap on (or by) a wind1627 Nautical. to clap on (or by) a wind: to bring the ship's head closer to windward, sail nearer to the wind. Obsolete. to close the wind1673 transitive, chiefly Nautical. To come close to or alongside of. to close the wind: to come near to the wind, to luff. to haul the (her, our, etc.) wind1726 to haul uponor to the wind, also trans. to haul (a ship) on a wind, and to haul the (her, our,etc.) wind: to bring the ship round so as to sail… to come up1743 intransitive. Nautical. Of wind: to blow from a specified direction. Also of a sailing ship: to approach or sail in a specified direction; (also with… to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750 transitive. Nautical. to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind: to turn (a ship) into the wind until it points almost directly to windward… Subcategories:— in tacking (3) — in heaving to or stopping (2) |
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