单词 | hardaport |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : hard-a-portv. > as lemmashard-a-port b. Nautical. With reference to the steering or manoeuvring of a ship: right (round) to the specified position or direction, in hard-alee, hard-a-port, hard-a-starboard, hard up (cf. up adv.1 6e), etc. (frequently as a command).The adverbial phrases are occasionally used as verbs: see hard-a-port v., hard-a-starboard v. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [adjective] > specific position of tiller hard up1745 steady1816 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Hail doune the steir burde lufe harde a burde. 1625 M. Pring in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. vii. 651 We put the helme hard aweather, thinking that the ship would haue come round, but all in vaine. 1689 M. Taubman Londons Great Jubilee 10 Helm a Lee, starboard, hard a Port, thus, keep her thus. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4380/2 We clap'd our Helm hard a Starboard. 1745 Def. made by John Ambrose 5 I began to engage the Enemy, and continued to do all in my Power to get nigher to them, yawing the Ship, and ordering the Helm to be put hard up, sometimes the one Way, and sometimes the other. 1788 J.-N. de Sauseuil tr. J. Bourdé de Villehuet Manœuverer ii. ix. 116 The helm put hard a-lee, and the head sheets let fly. 1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xi. 137 Washington then boldly seized the helm, and with a hard-a-lee, luffed up his ship at once to the gale. 1835 ‘F. Grummet’ Grummett's Log 127 The sonorous and deep voice of Captain Dashall exclaimed, ‘Hard a port the helm!’ The tiller was instantly jammed hard over. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. x. 216 Hard a-port! flatten in forward! 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 310 Hard up the helm... La barre au vent. 1913 W. B. Meloney Girl of Golden Gate xxx. 283 ‘Hard up! Hard up!’ cried Paul in alarm. Blindly Emily recovered herself and put the helm up. The Daphne fell off before the wind. 1990 J. Updike Rabbit at Rest i. 128 What I'm going to do is something called coming about, hard alee. 2000 Vanity Fair May 96/2 He turned to the man at the Dauphin's wheel and ordered, ‘Hard up the helm’. < see also as lemmas |
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