单词 | to fill the sails |
释义 | > as lemmasto fill the sails c. trans. to fill the sails: ‘to brace the yards so that the wind strikes the after side of the sails, and advances the ship in her course’ (Smyth). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > brace yards so sails fill to fill the sails1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 312 Fill the sails. 1847 J. C. Ross Voy. Antarctic Reg. II. 168 By backing and filling the sails we endeavoured to avoid collision. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 309 Fill the head sails. < as lemmas |
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