单词 | to gather into the wind |
释义 | > as lemmasto gather into the wind 21. Nautical. To make way (towards an object). to gather on: to gain on or draw nearer to, in following. to gather into the wind: to sail nearer to the wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > sail closer to or towards gather1577 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 15v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I From hence wee cast about [sailing] gathering still towarde the Northeast. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 29 I plied onely to windward..by that means gathering nearer to the fleet. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 The longer your boords are, the more you worke or gather into the wind. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 If you gather on him..hee will trie you before the wind. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 250* A ship is said to gather on another, as she comes nearer to her. < as lemmas |
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