单词 | wing-and-wing |
释义 | > as lemmaswing-and-wing wing-and-wing adj. Nautical (of a ship) sailing directly before the wind, with the foresail hauled over on one side and the mainsail on the other. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > goose-winged wing-laid1632 wing-and-winga1819 goose-winged1866 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adverb] > goose-winged wing-and-winga1819 a1819 J. Greenwood Revolutionary Services (1922) vi. 82 We were now wing and wing, that is, right before the wind. 1828 J. F. Cooper Red Rover I. iii. 84 That..schooner would make more way going wing-and-wing than jammed up on a wind. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 135. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 4 We greet the clippers wing-and-wing that race the Southern wool. < as lemmas |
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