| 单词 | preventer sheet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspreventer sheet preventer sheet n. ΚΠ 1784 J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator (ed. 8) 230 When the Sail is full, and the wind blows hard, get a Tackle on the Weather-leach to secure the Tack, and Preventer-sheets; but in small Ships they get the Lee-tacks for Preventer-sheets. 1867 G. E. Clark Seven Years of Sailor's Life xix. 191 The mainsail was furled, and preventer sheets put on the fore boom. 1934 ‘Sinbad’ Red Saunders xxv. 210 They..put a preventer sheet on the foresail, and double-lashed the movable deck gear. 1997 H. Payson Advice to Sealorn x. 56 We finally rigged a kind of preventer/sheet from the top of the mizzen to the end of the gaff, and gained some control.] < as lemmas |
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