英语词汇“stay-tackle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

stay-tackle

释义

stay³ /stā/ (nautical)

noun

transitive verb

To brace or support (a mast, etc) using stays

intransitive verb

To bring the head of a sailing vessel up to the wind in order to tack or go about
(of a mast) to incline (forward)

ORIGIN: OE staeg; cf ON stag, MLGer stach, Norw stagle wooden post

staysail /stāˈsl/ noun

A triangular, auxiliary fore-and-aft sail spread or set on a stay

stayˈ-tackle noun

Hoisting tackle hung from a ship's mainmast

at short (or long) stay

(of an anchor cable) taut and leading to the anchor at a steep (or acute) angle near (or at some distance away from) the bow

in stays

(of a sailing vessel during tacking) hanging with head to windward without moving to the opposite tack

miss (or refuse) stays

(of a sailing vessel) to fail in going about from one tack to another

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