英语词汇“at stays”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. †at stays (obsolete), on, upon (the) stays = abackstays adv. in stays: said of a ship when her head is being turned to windward for the purpose of tacking.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > aback

at staysa1586

(to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee1597

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > by succession of tacks > in stays

in stays1823

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B5 And now they were alreadie come vpon the staies; when [etc.].

c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 9 Our Generall, to the intent they might with more ease fett us up, caused great draggs to be hanged over borde, oftentimes comminge on the staies, of purpose for them.

1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 106 And all this while the shippe lay on staies.

1606 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 38, 1 Apr. Fell on his stayes and cast about.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Ware yawning, the ships at stayes, at backe-stayes.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 253/2 There are so few Sailors to tackle their Ships, that they will be taken upon the Stays.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Stay To bring a Ship upon the Stays or To stay her, is to manage her Tackle and sails so that she cannot make any way forward.

1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 31 The ship being put in stays before the sail was half furled, the wind blew the body of the sail with great force flat against the Crosstrees.

1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 91 With the aid of a few observations taken ‘in stays’ the remaining twelve points were likewise determined.

1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xvi. 250 As he was in stays, a raking shot entered the cabin windows.

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 296 A vessel in the act of tacking is said to be in stays, or to be hove in stays: if she work slowly in tacking, she is said to be slack in stays.

1861 Times 16 Aug. Christabel was sailed the freeest,..and was remarkably quick in stays.

单词	at stays
释义	> as lemmas at stays a. †at stays (obsolete), on, upon (the) stays = abackstays adv. in stays: said of a ship when her head is being turned to windward for the purpose of tacking. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > aback at staysa1586 (to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee1597 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > by succession of tacks > in stays in stays1823 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B5 And now they were alreadie come vpon the staies; when [etc.]. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 9 Our Generall, to the intent they might with more ease fett us up, caused great draggs to be hanged over borde, oftentimes comminge on the staies, of purpose for them. 1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 106 And all this while the shippe lay on staies. 1606 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 38, 1 Apr. Fell on his stayes and cast about. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 29 Ware yawning, the ships at stayes, at backe-stayes. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 253/2 There are so few Sailors to tackle their Ships, that they will be taken upon the Stays. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Stay To bring a Ship upon the Stays or To stay her, is to manage her Tackle and sails so that she cannot make any way forward. 1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 31 The ship being put in stays before the sail was half furled, the wind blew the body of the sail with great force flat against the Crosstrees. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 91 With the aid of a few observations taken ‘in stays’ the remaining twelve points were likewise determined. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xvi. 250 As he was in stays, a raking shot entered the cabin windows. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 296 A vessel in the act of tacking is said to be in stays, or to be hove in stays: if she work slowly in tacking, she is said to be slack in stays. 1861 Times 16 Aug. Christabel was sailed the freeest,..and was remarkably quick in stays. extracted from stayn.¹ < as lemmas
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