| 单词 | flown sheet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflown sheet Only in flown sheet: see quot. 1627. Also figurative. Cf. flowing adj. 5b. ΚΠ 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 A flown sheate. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 A flowne sheat, that is, when they are not haled home to the blocke... A flowne sheat is when shee goes before the wind, or betwixt a paire of sheats, or all sailes drawing. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 111 We could have sailed with a flown sheet to Ria Lexa. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 98 The sheets being half flown. < as lemmas |
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