| 单词 | to cut sail, one's sail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut sail, one's sail ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > spread (more) sail > unfurl sail to cut sail, one's sail1582 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 71 a The whole Fleete, hauing wayed, did then begin to cut and spread their sayles with a great pleasure. 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 523 At which departing, in cutting the foresaile, a marueilous misfortune happened to one of the officers. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 Cut the Sail, that is unfurl it, and let it fall down. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. < as lemmas |
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