单词 | cross-sail |
释义 | † cross-sailn. Obsolete. 1. Nautical. 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. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > square-sail cross-sailc1400 square sail1600 square-header1882 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > square-rigged cross-saila1618 square-rigger1855 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 102 Cachen vp þe crossayl, cables þay fasten. a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 30 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Any Fleet of crosse sailes, with which they encounter. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 A crosse saile cannot come neerer the wind than six points. 2. plural. Sails (of a windmill) set cross-wise. ΚΠ 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica x. 73 So a windmillne consisteth..of all his essential parts, besides his crosse sales is ineffectuall and not able to grinde corne. DerivativesΚΠ 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Civv Sens thou art crosse saylde, auale vnhappy booke. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 472 Tooke shippe, finding one crosse sayled, bound towards Africke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † cross-sailv. Obsolete. intransitive. ? To sail across or over. ΚΠ 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 20 v A letter, to a Marchaunte Venterer, that was crossailed into Terra Florida. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1400v.1564 |
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