| 单词 | on a wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmason a (less commonly the) wind 25. on a (less commonly the) wind (Nautical): towards or close to the direction from which the wind is blowing; (of the ship) sailing or heading in this direction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > (close) to the wind on luff1535 at a luffa1568 at luff and liea1568 on a bowline1625 upon a winda1687 on a (less commonly the) wind1697 to the wind1795 luff a luff1887 1697 London Gaz. No. 3315/1 I crouded Sail to Leeward to him, trimming my Sails on a Wind tho' I went before it, that he should not discover my square Yards. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 342 The proas..sailing most excellently on a wind. 1798 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. cliv The Swiftsure and Alexander standing towards us with all sail on a wind. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iv. 26 Clippers are fastest on the wind. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 377 We, being ‘on the wind, close hauled’, were bound by the ‘rule of the road at sea’ to keep our course when meeting a ship running free. < as lemmas |
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