单词 | betwixt a pair of sheets |
释义 | > as lemmasbetwixt a pair of sheets b. †betwixt a pair of sheets or both sheets aft: said of a ship sailing right before the wind. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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