| 单词 | in irons |
| 释义 | in irons1Having the feet or hands fettered.He, therefore, decreed that the stranger be brought before him shackled in irons....
2(Of a sailing vessel) stalled head to wind and unable to come about or tack either way.But as it has such high windage on the hull alone, that if you try putting her in irons [head to wind], she'll start moving backwards quite fast. See parent entry: iron |
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