| 单词 | preventer guy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspreventer guy preventer guy n. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiii. 417 It [sc. a sail] was soon ready, the boom topped up, preventer guys rove, and the idlers called up to man the halyards. 1923 Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) II. xi. 188 In the recent America Cup Races, both craft tried taking a preventer guy out to the weather crosstrees if the wind was light enough. 1990 G. Day Blue Water Sailing in www.boats.com (O.E.D. Archive) The preventer guy, which on cruising boats can be left rigged at all times, runs from the aft end of the boom through a block or fitting on the foredeck. < as lemmas |
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