英语词汇“brace aback”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. To move or turn (a sail) by means of braces. Hence, with various adverbs and prepositions, as brace aback, to draw (the yards) in, so as to lay the sails aback; brace about, brace abox (see quots.); brace by, to brace (the yards) in contrary directions on the different masts; brace in, to lay (the yards) less obliquely athwartships; brace round = brace about; brace sharp (see quot.); brace to, to ease the lee- and draw in (the weather-braces) so as to assist in tacking; brace up, to put (the yards) into a more oblique position. Also absol. in preceding uses.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > by means of braces

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1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 16 Breace the Foresail..to the Mast.

1675 London Gaz. No. 3073/3 He Braced to and fell a-stern.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 427 Brace the foremost yards aback.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Brasser sous le vent, to brace to leeward, or brace-up the yards.

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 137 The yards [were] braced by.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 66 Her yards were braced sharp up.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 127 To brace about, to turn the yards round for the contrary tack. To brace abox, a manœuvre to insure casting the right way, by bracing the head-yards flat aback (not square). To brace sharp, to cause the yards to have the smallest possible angle with the keel, for the ship to have head-way.

单词	brace aback
释义	> as lemmas brace aback a. transitive. To move or turn (a sail) by means of braces. Hence, with various adverbs and prepositions, as brace aback, to draw (the yards) in, so as to lay the sails aback; brace about, brace abox (see quots.); brace by, to brace (the yards) in contrary directions on the different masts; brace in, to lay (the yards) less obliquely athwartships; brace round = brace about; brace sharp (see quot.); brace to, to ease the lee- and draw in (the weather-braces) so as to assist in tacking; brace up, to put (the yards) into a more oblique position. Also absol. in preceding uses. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > by means of braces brace1669 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 16 Breace the Foresail..to the Mast. 1675 London Gaz. No. 3073/3 He Braced to and fell a-stern. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 427 Brace the foremost yards aback. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Brasser sous le vent, to brace to leeward, or brace-up the yards. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 137 The yards [were] braced by. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 66 Her yards were braced sharp up. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 127 To brace about, to turn the yards round for the contrary tack. To brace abox, a manœuvre to insure casting the right way, by bracing the head-yards flat aback (not square). To brace sharp, to cause the yards to have the smallest possible angle with the keel, for the ship to have head-way. extracted from bracev.³ < as lemmas
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