| 单词 | hold wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmashold wind 33. hold wind. Nautical. To keep near the wind in sailing without making leeway; to keep well to windward: usually to hold a good wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail close to the wind > without making leeway to keep one's (the, a good) wind1666 hold wind1759 point1881 1759 in A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1805) III. 360 To lie down in the fore-part of the boat, to bring her more by the head, in order to make her hold a better wind. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Sourdre au vent, to hold a good wind, to claw or eat to windward. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. viii. 166 The vessels..could hold no wind. 1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 587 The Duke..signalled to the whole fleet to brace round their yards and hold the wind between the two English divisions. < as lemmas |
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