Nautical (intransitive) ‘To beat or turn to windward from a lee-shore, so as to be at sufficient distance from it to avoid shipwreck’ (Smyth Sailor'…
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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)] > strive or make way against wind > off a lee shore (2) to claw off1615 Nautical (intransitive) ‘To beat or turn to windward from a lee-shore, so as to be at sufficient distance from it to avoid shipwreck’ (Smyth Sailor'… to make a claw to windward1841 An act of clawing. to make a claw to windward (Nautical): = claw, v. 7. |
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