单词 | to haul on a wind |
释义 | > as lemmasto haul (a ship) on a wind b. to haul upon or to the wind, also trans. to haul (a ship) on a wind, and to haul the (her, our, etc.) wind: to bring the ship round so as to sail closer to the wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward luff1390 to spring one's luff1591 to clap on (or by) a wind1627 to close the wind1673 to haul the (her, our, etc.) wind1726 to come up1743 to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 319 (Unwilling to run..into the enemy's clutches) I haul'd again on a wind. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. Argt. 16 Ship veers before the wind— Hauls upon the wind again. 1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 112 At 15 h. we hauled the wind to the south~ward. 1797 Ld. Nelson in A. Duncan Life (1806) 40 The Spanish fleet..hauled to the wind on the larboard tack. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 24 The enemy hauled their wind and made off. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. i. 33 My intention is to..haul dead on a wind. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate xiv, in Pirate & Three Cutters 161 The Enterprise took in her topmast studding-sail, and hauled her wind. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) Haul your wind, or haul to the wind, signifies that the ship's head is to be brought nearer to the wind. < as lemmas |
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