单词 | slack sail |
释义 | > as lemmasslack sail slack sail n. (cf. slack n.3 4a). ΚΠ 1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 272 In the morning wee bore a slack saile. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Slab-lines They are used to truss up the slack sail, after it has been ‘disarmed’ by the leech and bunt-lines. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys 129 If the slacksail was allowed to hang down abaft the yard in a gale, and beat about, it would chafe the sail through. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 154/2 Where slack sail has to be taken in, it is the practice to leave it to the judgement of the sailmaker. < as lemmas |
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