| 释义 |
club-haul, v. Naut.|klʌbhɔːl|
To tack a ship by letting the lee-anchor down as soon as the wind is out of the sails, by which her head is brought to wind; when she then pays off, the cable is cut, and the sails trimmed to the other tack: this is only resorted to in very perilous positions, when no other manœuvre is possible. Hence club-hauling vbl. n.
1794Rigging & Seamanship II. 325 Clubhauling is practised when it is expected that a ship will refuse stays upon a lee shore. 1833Marryat P. Simple xv, I am going to club-haul the ship, for there is no room to wear. 1868Daily Tel. 17 Dec., ‘Club-hauling’ upon a lee-shore is as much a last resort in navigation, as the most desperate operation in surgery. |