Nautical. To shelter from, or deprive (a ship) of, wind; usually in passive to be becalmed: to lie motionless for want of wind.
| 单词 | θ203264 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > be impeded by wind > be becalmed (1) to be becalmedc1595 Nautical. To shelter from, or deprive (a ship) of, wind; usually in passive to be becalmed: to lie motionless for want of wind. |
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