单词 | to check a cable |
释义 | > as lemmasto check a cable b. Nautical. to check a bowline: to slacken it and belay it again. to check a brace: to ease it off when found to be too stiffly extended. to check a cable: to stopper it, when running out. check her (a ship): stop her way. (Adm. Smyth.) ΚΠ 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 94 Check her as she swings. < as lemmas |
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