单词 | run before the wind |
释义 | > as lemmasrun before the wind b. More fully run before the wind. A course with the wind blowing from behind, a course heading downwind. Cf. run v. 19a, reach n.1 14b. ΚΠ 1653 Mercurius Politicus No. 141. 2257 If ever the constellations of heaven might be said to fight for men, it was now manifest for England in..giving your fleet such a gallant Run in the Channel. 1808 Scots Mag. Dec. 947/1 After a short run before the wind, the Frenchman..hove his ship too, all sails standing. 1853 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Nov. 446 Course, six miles dead to windward, six miles of a haul half-a-point off land, and ten miles of a run home. 1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 783/2 The race back..was, save one little bit, but a run and a reach. 1912 Rudder Nov. 211/2 The race is mostly a run before the wind. 1988 On Board May 74/4 By Sunday morning the wind had swung around to make the speed course a run, so Andy Grant organised a downwind slalom. 2010 C. J. Doane Mod. Cruising Sailboat iv. 163/2 Trimarans..are faster on a broad reach than a run. to run before the wind a. intransitive. Of a boat or other waterborne craft (or those on board): to sail, esp. swiftly or easily. In technical use frequently spec.: to sail directly downwind (sometimes more fully to run before the wind). Also in figurative contexts. Cf. run n.2 30b.to cut and run: see cut v. 41. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly crowd937 runOE shootc1540 scud1582 winga1616 gale1692 ramp1856 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly crowd937 runOE boom1617 to cut a feather1627 with a bone in her mouth (also teeth)1627 snore1830 spank1835 ramp1856 to step out1884 foot1892 OE Maxims I 184 Idle hond æmetlan geneah tæfles monnes, þonne teoselum weorpeð, seldan in sidum ceole, nefne he under segle yrne. Werig sceal se wiþ winde roweþ. OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i.16 Wulfstan sæde þæt he gefore of Hæðum, þæt he wære on Truso on syfan dagum & nihtum, þæt þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1046 Tugon þa up heora segel & urnon west to Axamuðan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 676 Brutus..ferde riht on his wei; his scipen runden [c1300 Otho hurnen] swiðe. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 16 We rennynge into sum yle..vnnethe myȝthe gete a litil boot. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 24 The Schip which on the wawes renneth. 1429 in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1957) 31 145 The flot was rinning about the Moill. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 984 By than the shipp had renne frome the londe of Logrys many myles. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 307 Hauen of the see, to whyche the gylty renne with truste. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 6 The next day,..runninge to make the lande, wee founde it to be the Groyne. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events Pref. As in a full sea, I hoyse up sayles, and run at large. 1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 7 With full spread Sails to run before the wind. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 12 The Currents of the Gulf of Venice made us run a head a pace. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 121 We kept running along-shore, with an easy Sail. 1790 W. Bligh Narr. Mutiny on Bounty 85 We sailed from Coupang, exchanging salutes..as we ran out of the harbour. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 34 We..got under weigh and ran down the inner passage. 1856 Leisure Hour 5 334/2 With a fair wind we ran past the Bird rocks. 1885 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 411 On that day she deviated from the course of the voyage and ran for Mauritius. 1925 S. Kaye-Smith George & Crown ii. i. 157 As the boat ran by, the echoes of the engine sent up clouds of herring-gulls from the rocks. 1964 F. Chichester Lonely Sea & Sky (1967) xxx. 349 I was running before a gentle breeze. 1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 938/1 A short bearing-out spar used..to bear out the clew of the jib on the opposite side of the mainsail when running before the wind. 1988 Chess Dec. 20/1 The Western press supported him from a very young age, and so he was always running with the wind. 2009 T. Pynchon Inherent Vice vii. 109 A topmasted schooner, running along full-spread before a fresh breeze. < as lemmas |
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