a-tripadv.
/əˈtrɪp/ Nautical.
1. Of yards: swayed up, ready to have the stops cut for crossing. Of sails: hoisted from the cap, sheeted home, and ready for trimming. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [adverb] > positions of yards
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adverb] > hoisted sheeted
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1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 228 Then hoise their Yards a trip, and all their sailes.
1726 S. Penhallow Hist. Wars New-Eng. (1859) 53 They got their mainsail atrip.
2. Of an anchor: just raised perpendicularly from the ground in weighing.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [adverb] > specific position of anchor
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1790 C. Dibdin Coll. Songs I. 155 From the moment the anchor's a trip.
1849 W. Irving Life C. Columbus III. 68 One ship, with anchor atrip and sails unfurled, waited to receive Nicuesa.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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