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ˈclose-hauled, ppl. a. Naut.
[see haul.]
With the sail-tacks hauled close, so as to be able to sail as near the wind as possible.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) M ij, The ship is..close-hauled, because..her tacks, or lower corners of the principal sails, are drawn close down to her side to windward. 1806Moore Steersman's Song ii, When by the wind close-hauled we go.
fig.1883Stevenson Treasure Isl. iv. xviii. (1886) 145, I should say we were pretty close hauled. |