Sails collectively. Also figurative. Often in phrases to carry, cross, crowd, hoist, lower, make, set, shorten, strike (etc.) sail, for which see…
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively (8) sailc1385 Sails collectively. Also figurative. Often in phrases to carry, cross, crowd, hoist, lower, make, set, shorten, strike (etc.) sail, for which see… canvas1609 spec. As material for sails; sail-cloth; hence, sails collectively. under canvas: with sails spread. linensa1640 plural. The sails of a ship (cf. linen wings at sense A.). cloth1651 The sails of a ship collectively; ‘canvas’. white wings1778 sails; also occasionally in singular. clothing1798 Nautical. Sails; ‘the rigging of the bowsprit’. muslin1822 Nautical slang. Sailcloth; sails collectively. Cf. canvas, n. 3. Now rare. sailage1889 The sails of a ship collectively. Also transferred. |
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