单词 | yardarm to or with |
释义 | > as lemmasyardarm to or with c. adverbial phr. yardarm and (or to) yardarm, said of two ships so near to one another that their yardarms touch or cross. Also yardarm to or with (another ship). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [phrase] > close alongside another ship yardarm and (or to) yardarm1666 1666 London Gaz. No. 60/1 The Saphire and Success..bore in among them, laying yard-arm to yard-arm with the Admiral and Vice-Admiral. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3288/2 They lay Yards-Arm and Yards-Arm for 5 Glasses. 1759 Ann. Reg., Chron. 62/1 The second lieutenant then came upon deck, and fought the ship bravely, yard-arm and yard-arm. 1781 Log of Albemarle 30 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. iii Finding the Albemarle yard-arm with them they submitted. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xlvii The old English (and French) method of laying himself yardarm to the enemy, and boarding him suddenly. 1887 W. Besant World Went vi An engagement, yard-arm to yard-arm, with a Frenchman. < as lemmas |
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