单词 | to meet her |
释义 | > as lemmasto meet her f. transitive. Nautical. to meet her: to check the swing of a turning vessel's bow by steering towards the opposite side. Frequently as int. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Rencontre The order to the steersman, to meet the ship, right the helm, or put it towards the side opposite..in order to check the ship's sheer.] 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 183 If the order is..‘Ease her!’ ‘Meet her!’ or the like, the man should answer by repeating..the order. 1856 C. Nordhoff Merchant Vessel 233 The obstinate craft takes a mighty, almost resistless sweep to the other side, and ‘meet her’, is the cry, while poor Jack tugs desperately at the heavy-moving wheel. 1902 B. Lubbock Round Horn 187 Occasionally he says sharply, ‘Meet her! Meet her!’ and sometimes he jumps to the wheel and gives us his powerful aid in grinding it up and down. 1968 H. F. Chase Boatswain's Man. (ed. 3) xi. 255 If given too much wheel,..her head may start to fall off to port. When this is about to happen the helmsman will ‘meet her’ by putting the wheel to starboard for a few moments. 1981 B. Webb Schult's Sailing Dict. 175/2 To meet her is to apply a certain amount of helm to keep the boat on course by checking a yaw or swing. < as lemmas |
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