broad reachv.
/ˈbrɔːd riːtʃ/, /ˌbrɔːd ˈriːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈbrɔd ˌritʃ/, /ˈbrɑd ˌritʃ/, /ˌbrɔd ˈritʃ/, /ˌbrɑd ˈritʃ/ Nautical.
intransitive. To sail on a broad reach (broad reach n.); to quarter (quarter v. 7a). Also occasionally transitive.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail on one tack
reach1832
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail with wind abaft the beam > sail with wind on quarter
quarter1595
1881 Bell's Life in London 18 June 3/3 The Samœna lowered her jib-topsail, while the others stuck to theirs... Once round the Shears it was broad reaching again for Southend Pier.
1893 Glasgow Herald 28 Aug. 4/7 Broad reaching Mr Ellis's boat was quite as fast as Zinita, and..coming up from the Cloch to Kilcreggan..she gained very considerably.
1905 T. W. Lawson Frenzied Finance I. xi. 257 We were broad-reaching down the New England coast close in with a 20-knot sou'wester blowing.
1963 Boating Aug. 92/2 I toyed with the idea of running her off and broadreaching her out to the northwest.
2013 Fraser Coast (Queensland) Chron. (Nexis) 27 Sept. 38 We encountered some harsh conditions going through the Bay of Biscay..with the only blessing being that the wind was off our port quarter which meant we were broad reaching for 38 hours.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
broad reachn.
/ˈbrɔːd riːtʃ/, /ˌbrɔːd ˈriːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈbrɔd ˌritʃ/, /ˈbrɑd ˌritʃ/, /ˌbrɔd ˈritʃ/, /ˌbrɑd ˈritʃ/ Nautical.
A course in which the wind blows across the vessel between the beam and the stern. Cf. beam reach n.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > continuous sail on one tack
stretch1675
reach1830
leg1846
1846 J. F. Cooper Islets Gulf i, in Graham's Mag. Nov. 211/2 The Molly Swash kept close on a wind, luffing athwart the broad reach she was in, until far enough to weather Blackwell's, when she edged off to her course.
1982 R. Olney & C. Bush Windsurfing iv. 51 Halfway..between running and a beam reach, is a ‘broad reach’.
2015 Barry & District News (Wales) (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Sport section) The first leg was a broad reach from the starting line... This..enabled several boats to set spinnakers and others to boom out their headsails to windward.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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