单词 | to hold a good wind |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also hold) a good wind c. Of the wind: blowing in a favourable direction for a ship's course. Frequently in to get (also hold) a good wind. Cf. fair adj. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind) fairlOE likinga1387 menablea1393 goodc1425 merrya1571 furthering1599 foreright1605 following1839 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2253 (MED) Boþe two..Taken þe se whan þe wynd was good. c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) l. 613 Good wynd & whedyr God hem sente. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 280 And had so good winde, that..she arrived before Calice [etc.]. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 42 Nothing were more pleasant..then Sea-voyages, if a man might promise himselfe a good wind, and a reasonable gale. a1661 J. Glanville Voy. Cadiz (1883) 10 That every shipp might be apt to come forth with the first good winde. 1707 Addit. Coll. Instruments & Forms in A. Justice Gen. Treat. Monies 41 That the said Ship,..shall with the first good Wind and Weather that God shall send, next after the Expiration of the said abiding Days,..directly sail from thence. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Sourdre au vent, to hold a good wind. 1840 W. H. Henderson Rep. 22 Feb. in Mariner's Mirror (1980) 66 336 While under all plain sail and in smooth water found her very handy, staying quickly, holding a good wind and fast. 1912 A. G. Chater tr. R. Amundsen South Pole (1913) I. iv. 151 In the part of the ocean where we now were there was a hope of getting a good wind. 1995 L. E. Modesitt Death of Chaos (1996) lxxxix. 423 ‘Always get a good wind coming out of Diehl,’ observed the second mate. to hold a good wind 33. hold wind. Nautical. To keep near the wind in sailing without making leeway; to keep well to windward: usually to hold a good wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail close to the wind > without making leeway to keep one's (the, a good) wind1666 hold wind1759 point1881 1759 in A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1805) III. 360 To lie down in the fore-part of the boat, to bring her more by the head, in order to make her hold a better wind. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Sourdre au vent, to hold a good wind, to claw or eat to windward. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. viii. 166 The vessels..could hold no wind. 1891 Longman's Mag. Oct. 587 The Duke..signalled to the whole fleet to brace round their yards and hold the wind between the two English divisions. < as lemmas |
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