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单词 whole-sail
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whole-sail
whole-sail adj. designating a wind in which a ship (esp. a yacht) can safely carry full sail (full sail n. 2).
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loom1600
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whole-sail1824
1824 J. F. Cooper Pilot III. i. 8 I gave the frigate my topsails, in beating out of the Chesapeake..I could always do it, in smooth water, with a whole-sail-breeze.
1885 Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 11/1 The heeling occurs only in strong whole-sail winds.
1997 D. R. Mac Gregor Schooner (2001) 120 The Illustrated London News had some splendid engravings..of the races with the vessels often at close quarters in whole-sail breezes.
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