close-hauledadj.

Etymology: see haul n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclose-hauled.

Nautical.

With the sail-tacks hauled close, so as to be able to sail as near the wind as possible.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > close-hauled

close-hauled1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) The ship is..close-hauled, because..her tacks, or lower corners of the principal sails, are drawn close down to her side to windward.

1806 T. Moore Steersman's Song ii When by the wind close-hauled we go.

figurative.1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xviii. 145 I should say we were pretty close hauled.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	close-hauled
释义	close-hauledadj. Etymology: see haul n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclose-hauled. Nautical. With the sail-tacks hauled close, so as to be able to sail as near the wind as possible. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > close-hauled close-hauled1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) The ship is..close-hauled, because..her tacks, or lower corners of the principal sails, are drawn close down to her side to windward. 1806 T. Moore Steersman's Song ii When by the wind close-hauled we go. figurative.1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xviii. 145 I should say we were pretty close hauled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1769
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