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单词 betwixt a pair of sheets
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betwixt a pair of sheets
b.betwixt a pair of sheets or both sheets aft: said of a ship sailing right before the wind.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > before the wind
betwixt a pair of sheets1627
bunt fair1653
both sheets aft1769
off the (a) wind1813
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 A flowne sheat is when shee goes before the wind, or betwixt a paire of sheats, or all sailes drawing.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 42 Well Master the Channell is broad enough; Yet you cannot steare betwixt a paire of sheats; Those are words of mockery betwixt the Cunner and the Stearesman.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 328 Each bulging sayle..begins to swell, betweene two sheetes.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1780) Both sheets aft (entre deux écoutes, Fr.), the situation of a ship that sails right afore the wind.
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