transitive (in passive). Nautical. Of a sail: to be suddenly pressed back against the mast or filled from the opposite side, preventing forward…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > have sails caught by contrary wind (1) to take aback1730 transitive (in passive). Nautical. Of a sail: to be suddenly pressed back against the mast or filled from the opposite side, preventing forward… |
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