| 单词 | loose-footed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloose-footed loose-footed adj. having a loose foot (in quot., said of a sail); †figurative ready on one's feet, at liberty to travel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > at liberty to travel loose-footed1717 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > at liberty to travel loose-footed1717 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > set to a boom > not loose-footed1895 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 315 Were I as loose-footed as I have been, I could come to London to have the benefit of reading it. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds ii. 38 Every loose-footed man wanted to go. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxviii. 442 Loose-footed young men erect a cabin, barely habitable in good weather. 1895 Outing 26 46/1 Tricing up the tack if the sail is loose-footed. 1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 104/2 Loose-footed, a fore and aft sail not laced to (or without) a boom. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 433/2 Loose-footed, an expression used for denoting a fore-and-aft sail in which the foot is not laced to the boom. < as lemmas |
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