单词 | peak purchase |
释义 | > as lemmaspeak purchase peak purchase n. Nautical a purchase (purchase n. 16) attached to the peak halyards of a gaff. ΚΠ 1862 ‘Vanderdecken’ Yacht Sailor ii. 19 Finish up the setting by the peak purchase. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Peak purchase, a purchase fitted in cutters to the standing peak-halliards to sway it up taut. 2003 www.oytnw.org.uk 12 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Go up on the peak purchase until diagonal crease appears from tack to peak. Make off. < as lemmas |
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