英语词汇“to veer and haul”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. to veer and haul: (see quots.).

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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific way

windc1550

heave1626

to round up1766

to veer and haul1769

to freshen the nip1807

single1900

swig1917

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Veer and haul, to pull a rope tight, by drawing it in and slackening it alternately..so that the rope is straitened to a greater tension.

1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 133 To veer and haul, is to haul and slack alternately on a rope, as in warping, until the vessel or boat gets headway.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To veer and haul, to gently tauten and then slacken a rope three times before giving a heavy pull, the object being to concentrate the force of several men.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 239 By hauling and veering on it,..a sufficiently uniform strain on it would be obtained.

figurative.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 251 The agents have a certain margin to veer and haul on in their commission.1901 Speaker 27 Apr. 109/2 Here is a sum on which the British Government may fairly veer and haul.

单词	to veer and haul
释义	> as lemmas to veer and haul 4. to veer and haul: (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific way windc1550 heave1626 to round up1766 to veer and haul1769 to freshen the nip1807 single1900 swig1917 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Veer and haul, to pull a rope tight, by drawing it in and slackening it alternately..so that the rope is straitened to a greater tension. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 133 To veer and haul, is to haul and slack alternately on a rope, as in warping, until the vessel or boat gets headway. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To veer and haul, to gently tauten and then slacken a rope three times before giving a heavy pull, the object being to concentrate the force of several men. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 239 By hauling and veering on it,..a sufficiently uniform strain on it would be obtained. figurative.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 251 The agents have a certain margin to veer and haul on in their commission.1901 Speaker 27 Apr. 109/2 Here is a sum on which the British Government may fairly veer and haul. extracted from veerv.¹ < as lemmas
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