| 单词 | cross-jack brace |
| 释义 | > as lemmascross-jack brace attributive, as cross-jack brace; cross-jack yard n. (see quot. 1867). cross-jack-eyed adj. (Sailors' slang) = cross-eyed adj. at cross-eye n. Derivatives. ΚΠ 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iii. 17 The Crossieacke Yard and Spretsaile Yard to be of a length. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 69 I was stationed at the weather cross-jack braces. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cross-jack-yard..the lower yard on the mizen-mast, to the arms of which the clues of the mizen top-sail are extended..It is now very common in merchant ships to set a sail called a cross-jack upon this yard. 1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 9 849 Haul in your weather cro'jack brace! < as lemmas |
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