单词 | dead muzzler |
释义 | > as lemmasdead muzzler dead muzzler n. Nautical a direct head-wind. Cf. nose-ender n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > dead ahead noser1756 muzzler1857 dead muzzler1874 nose-ender1907 1874 W. M. Baines Narr. of Edward Crewe 160 The breeze that had brought us along so famously was a ‘dead muzzler’ for them. 1893 Sloane-Stanley Remin. Midshipm. Life xxxiii. 448 The following morning there was a nice breeze, but a dead muzzler. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 303/1 With the wind a deadmuzzler, he found that the boat..sailed herself better than anyone could have done it for her. 1974 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float viii. 86 The wind picked up from sou'east, a dead muzzler right on our bows. < as lemmas |
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