| 释义 |
† hullock Naut. Obs.|ˈhʌlək|
[Origin unascertained.]
A small part of a sail let out in a gale to keep the ship's head to the sea.
1553Willoughby in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 269 Then we spred an hullocke of our foresaile, and bare roome with her. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 41 Seeing the storm decreaseth, let vs trie if she will endure the Hullocke of a Saile, which sometimes is a peece of the mizen saile or some other little saile, part opned to keepe her head to the sea. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. xxii. (1737) 94 She'll bear the Hullock of a Sail. |