| 单词 | to haul up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto haul up a. Nautical (intransitive) To trim the sails, etc. of a ship so as to sail nearer to the wind (also to haul up); hence more generally, to change or turn the ship's course; to sail in a certain course. (Also transitive with the ship as object; also, to sail along a coast.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction steer1340 stem1487 capea1522 lie1574 put1578 bear1587 rut1588 haul1589 fetch1590 standa1594 to stand along1600 to bear away1614 work1621 to lay up1832 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > direct vessel on certain course steer1470 haul1589 stem1594 head1826 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 113 We halled off our ships to fetche the winde as neere as wee coulde. 1598 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 445 The wind being at West, we did hall the coast East northeast, and East..Wee..hald along the coast East and East southeast, and all the same night wee halled Southeast, and Southeast by East. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 51 He hal'd into the Harbour, close to the Island. 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. iii. lix. 394 Halling out north north-east. 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxiii. 153 We haul'd round Zeloi island for Baku bay. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 48 The enemy..hauled up on the Terpsichore's weather-beam. 1858 C. Kirton in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 209 I hauled in to S. 23° E., true. 1858 C. Kirton in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 209 I told the Chief Officer to haul her off four points. < as lemmas |
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