full sailn.adv.

Brit.

/ˌfʊl ˈseɪl/, U.S.

/ˌfʊl ˈseɪl/

Forms: see full adj., n.², and adv. and sail n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adj., sail n.¹

Etymology: < full adj. + sail n.¹ Compare classical Latin plēnīs vēlīs, Anglo-Norman a pleine veile, Middle French a plein voile, à pleine voile, French à pleine voile (12th or 13th cent. in Old French), Middle French a pleins voiles, a pleines voiles, French à pleines voiles (late 14th cent.), all in sense ‘under full sail’.

A. n.

1. under (also at, in, with, etc.) full sail(s).

a. With reference to a vessel: (sailing) with a strong favourable wind or at full speed; (in later use also) with all sails set.In quot. 1671 in extended use.

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c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 747 (MED) The pryce schippez of the porte..fondez wyth full saile ower þe fawe ythez.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lx. 208 Yonder comyth a shyppe with full sayle.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ccxii^v/2 The knightes of Englande and Gascon..were comynge with full sayles [Fr. a plains voiles] in barges, by the Ryuer of Garon.

?1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. v. f. 68^v If we wente with full saile aboute the firste watche wee should ariue at the Ilande.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 560 A ship of certaine strangers departing from Island, vnder full saile, a most swift pace.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xxi. 201 So the two ships..sailed away con Viento en Popa, with full Sail.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 579 So Satan fell and strait a fiery Globe Of Angels on full sail of wing flew nigh.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. iv. 36 Constant..Land-winds, by which the Wherry-men run with full sail, both to..and back again.

1719 King of Pirates 12 The next Morning she came in with full Sail, and a Prize in Tow.

c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath ii. i. 40 Here's..a Porto Bello pocket-piece of Admirable Vernon on one side, and six men of war only, on full sail, on t'other.

1806 R. Cumberland Mem. 310 On this piece the artist had engraved the Milford in full sail.

1858 W. H. Haswell in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 208 The vessel was at full sail.

1911 Times 2 Aug. 6/4 There is scarce anything more beautiful than a racing yacht in full sail.

1953 Motor Boating Aug. 43/1 We left Port Jefferson Sunday morning under full sail.

1979 G. V. C. Young From Vikings to Reformation i. 1 Sailing..for two days and two nights with full sail and a favourable wind.

2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) ix. 276 Galleons of cloud were at full sail in the sky, racing slowly over the blueness.

b. figurative. Used esp. to suggest rapid or unimpeded progress.

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1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxiiij^v Sathan..shall make towardes vs with full sayle [L. plenis velis].

1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus D j The doctrine of purgatorie and praying for the dead hath gone with full saile.

1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) xv. 141 To arrest and stopp the Common-wealth stearing under full saile to a Reformation.

1774 A. Dow Sethona iv. 48 Vain are all our hopes. When, in full sail, conspiracy receives An unexpected shock, it splits, it sinks, To rise no more!

1830 Camp-meeting Chorister 113 To heaven my desir'd place: There in full sail, my port I'll find.

1893 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 348 A well-organized business..an enterprise not experimental but under full sail.

1945 L. Varèse tr. A. Rimbaud Season in Hell (2011) 75 I should be under full sail on the high sea of wisdom!

2000 S. China Morning Post 5 May 20/5 Tom Cruise is in full sail as sex guru Frank P J Mackay.

2. In singular and (occasionally) plural. Originally: (the condition of a ship with) sails filled or distended by the wind (chiefly figurative). In later use: (the condition of a ship with) the full complement of sails set.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [noun] > condition of ship with sails filled

full sail1609

rap full1842

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxvi. sig. F2^v Was it the proud full saile of his great verse.

1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. Ded. sig. A1^v To increase in the ful sail of fortune.

1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid vi. 333 in Wks. Virgil II. He..gives his Ships full Sail, and at length he makes the Eubean Coast of Cumæ.

1844 J. F. Cooper Afloat & Ashore II. xv. 255 She was nearly start light, and might not have been able to carry full sail in hard November weather.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Full sails, the sails well set, and filled by the wind.

1986 P. S. Churchland Neurophilosophy (1989) p. ix I quickly found myself venturing further and further from shore, and finally setting full sail.

1990 M. L. Frankel Gently with Tides 101 We can hold full sail, with the 120 percent genoa, on a close reach up to a 20 knot wind without..losing rudder control.

B. adv.

= under full sail at sense A. 1 (literal and figurative).

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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlv. l. 510 (MED) Into this same port scholde ȝe ful saylle.

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 36 (MED) Pray..That in this werk nothing ne feynte, But that beforn good wynde it go ful sayle.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 95/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I A fleete was espyed a farre off, bearyng full sayle towardes the coast of Irelande.

1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection ii. 289 An hereticall tempest rising in these Countries..caried full saile into the hauen of Rome.

1637 T. Hooker Soules Implantation 134 At the houre of death God hath given them a full assurance of mercy, and so carried them full saile to heaven.

1658 T. Watson One Thing Necessary 53 Gregory compares our life to the mariner in a ship going full saile.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5357/2 The Danish Fleet having the Wind came full sail up with the Swedes.

1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant II. 241 Smith went full Sall to reconnoitre the Enemy.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 213 Her father..often took an opportunity of going full sail into controversial subjects.

1864 R. Browning James Lee in Dramatis Personæ 18 With whom began Love's voyage full-sail.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 90 Thy vessels..the haven have entered, or bend Now full sail for its mouth.

1905 W. Foster in J. Jourdain Jrnl. Introd. p. xxi The unlucky vessel escaped one danger only to encounter another, for at midnight she ran full sail on a sandbank.

1963 Times 27 June 4/1 With a rich flourish to round things off Stolle came home full sail 7–5, 6–4, 13–15, 6–0.

2008 R. S. Wheeler Virgin River (2009) ix. 74 Hiram Peacock headed full sail straight toward them, his cutaway coat flapping open as he walked.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	full sail
释义	full sailn.adv. Brit. /ˌfʊl ˈseɪl/, U.S. /ˌfʊl ˈseɪl/ Forms: see full adj., n.², and adv. and sail n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adj., sail n.¹ Etymology: < full adj. + sail n.¹ Compare classical Latin plēnīs vēlīs, Anglo-Norman a pleine veile, Middle French a plein voile, à pleine voile, French à pleine voile (12th or 13th cent. in Old French), Middle French a pleins voiles, a pleines voiles, French à pleines voiles (late 14th cent.), all in sense ‘under full sail’. A. n. 1. under (also at, in, with, etc.) full sail(s). a. With reference to a vessel: (sailing) with a strong favourable wind or at full speed; (in later use also) with all sails set.In quot. 1671 in extended use. ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 747 (MED) The pryce schippez of the porte..fondez wyth full saile ower þe fawe ythez. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lx. 208 Yonder comyth a shyppe with full sayle. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ccxii^v/2 The knightes of Englande and Gascon..were comynge with full sayles [Fr. a plains voiles] in barges, by the Ryuer of Garon. ?1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. v. f. 68^v If we wente with full saile aboute the firste watche wee should ariue at the Ilande. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 560 A ship of certaine strangers departing from Island, vnder full saile, a most swift pace. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xxi. 201 So the two ships..sailed away con Viento en Popa, with full Sail. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 579 So Satan fell and strait a fiery Globe Of Angels on full sail of wing flew nigh. View more context for this quotation 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. iv. 36 Constant..Land-winds, by which the Wherry-men run with full sail, both to..and back again. 1719 King of Pirates 12 The next Morning she came in with full Sail, and a Prize in Tow. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath ii. i. 40 Here's..a Porto Bello pocket-piece of Admirable Vernon on one side, and six men of war only, on full sail, on t'other. 1806 R. Cumberland Mem. 310 On this piece the artist had engraved the Milford in full sail. 1858 W. H. Haswell in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 208 The vessel was at full sail. 1911 Times 2 Aug. 6/4 There is scarce anything more beautiful than a racing yacht in full sail. 1953 Motor Boating Aug. 43/1 We left Port Jefferson Sunday morning under full sail. 1979 G. V. C. Young From Vikings to Reformation i. 1 Sailing..for two days and two nights with full sail and a favourable wind. 2003 R. MacFarlane Mountains of Mind (2004) ix. 276 Galleons of cloud were at full sail in the sky, racing slowly over the blueness. b. figurative. Used esp. to suggest rapid or unimpeded progress. ΚΠ 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxiiij^v Sathan..shall make towardes vs with full sayle [L. plenis velis]. 1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus D j The doctrine of purgatorie and praying for the dead hath gone with full saile. 1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) xv. 141 To arrest and stopp the Common-wealth stearing under full saile to a Reformation. 1774 A. Dow Sethona iv. 48 Vain are all our hopes. When, in full sail, conspiracy receives An unexpected shock, it splits, it sinks, To rise no more! 1830 Camp-meeting Chorister 113 To heaven my desir'd place: There in full sail, my port I'll find. 1893 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 348 A well-organized business..an enterprise not experimental but under full sail. 1945 L. Varèse tr. A. Rimbaud Season in Hell (2011) 75 I should be under full sail on the high sea of wisdom! 2000 S. China Morning Post 5 May 20/5 Tom Cruise is in full sail as sex guru Frank P J Mackay. 2. In singular and (occasionally) plural. Originally: (the condition of a ship with) sails filled or distended by the wind (chiefly figurative). In later use: (the condition of a ship with) the full complement of sails set. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [noun] > condition of ship with sails filled full sail1609 rap full1842 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxvi. sig. F2^v Was it the proud full saile of his great verse. View more context for this quotation 1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. Ded. sig. A1^v To increase in the ful sail of fortune. 1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid vi. 333 in Wks. Virgil II. He..gives his Ships full Sail, and at length he makes the Eubean Coast of Cumæ. 1844 J. F. Cooper Afloat & Ashore II. xv. 255 She was nearly start light, and might not have been able to carry full sail in hard November weather. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Full sails, the sails well set, and filled by the wind. 1986 P. S. Churchland Neurophilosophy (1989) p. ix I quickly found myself venturing further and further from shore, and finally setting full sail. 1990 M. L. Frankel Gently with Tides 101 We can hold full sail, with the 120 percent genoa, on a close reach up to a 20 knot wind without..losing rudder control. B. adv. = under full sail at sense A. 1 (literal and figurative). ΚΠ a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlv. l. 510 (MED) Into this same port scholde ȝe ful saylle. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 36 (MED) Pray..That in this werk nothing ne feynte, But that beforn good wynde it go ful sayle. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 95/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I A fleete was espyed a farre off, bearyng full sayle towardes the coast of Irelande. 1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection ii. 289 An hereticall tempest rising in these Countries..caried full saile into the hauen of Rome. 1637 T. Hooker Soules Implantation 134 At the houre of death God hath given them a full assurance of mercy, and so carried them full saile to heaven. 1658 T. Watson One Thing Necessary 53 Gregory compares our life to the mariner in a ship going full saile. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5357/2 The Danish Fleet having the Wind came full sail up with the Swedes. 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant II. 241 Smith went full Sall to reconnoitre the Enemy. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 213 Her father..often took an opportunity of going full sail into controversial subjects. 1864 R. Browning James Lee in Dramatis Personæ 18 With whom began Love's voyage full-sail. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 90 Thy vessels..the haven have entered, or bend Now full sail for its mouth. 1905 W. Foster in J. Jourdain Jrnl. Introd. p. xxi The unlucky vessel escaped one danger only to encounter another, for at midnight she ran full sail on a sandbank. 1963 Times 27 June 4/1 With a rich flourish to round things off Stolle came home full sail 7–5, 6–4, 13–15, 6–0. 2008 R. S. Wheeler Virgin River (2009) ix. 74 Hiram Peacock headed full sail straight toward them, his cutaway coat flapping open as he walked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adv.c1440
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