| 单词 | bring to the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbring to the wind a. Nautical. To cause to come or go into a certain position or direction; chiefly in phrases: to bring by the board (see board n. 12b); to bring by the lee (see lee n.1); bring to the wind (see wind n.1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > lose (spars, sails, or rigging) > break off masts or spars to bring by the board1695 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > luff or turn to windward luffa1616 to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750 bring to the wind1836 round1852 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 437 The French..had his main mast brought by the board before he struck. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 226 Her Mainmast and Foremast were brought by the Board; that is to say, broken short off. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. iii. 74 Gascoigne went to the helm, brought the boat up to the wind. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 293 I was awoke by the ship being brought to the wind. < as lemmas |
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