英语词汇“bow and quarter line”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. The position of ships in a column when each successive vessel has its bows abaft the beam of the one in front, and a little to one side. Also more fully bow and quarter line. Cf. bowline n.¹ 3, quarter n. 24a.

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quarter line?1779

?1779 Signals & Instr. (Royal Navy) 23 If the Squadron should be in a Bow and Quarter Line to windward of the enemy.

1796 Let. 10 June in Bull. Campaign (1797) 85 At Nine A. M. they formed themselves in a close Bow and Quarter Line, and continued to run from us in that Position, the largest Ship under easy Sail.

1842 J. F. Cooper Two Admirals II. ii. 17 This will bring the leading vessels considerably to windward of those astern, and may possibly throw the fleet into a bow and quarter line.

1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) i. 22 A Column is said to be in Quarter Line when the ships are ranged in one line abaft each others' beam, but not right astern.

1957 S. W. Roskill H.M.S. Warspite viii. 234 He first turned to the south-west, bringing the ships into quarter-line.

2005 N. Tracy in A. Stilwell Trafalgar Compan. v. 136 Anson also introduced into British tactics the Line of Bearing Formation, or the ‘Bow and Quarter Line’.

单词	bow and quarter line
释义	> as lemmas bow and quarter line 1. The position of ships in a column when each successive vessel has its bows abaft the beam of the one in front, and a little to one side. Also more fully bow and quarter line. Cf. bowline n.¹ 3, quarter n. 24a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > sailing in company > specific position quarter line?1779 ?1779 Signals & Instr. (Royal Navy) 23 If the Squadron should be in a Bow and Quarter Line to windward of the enemy. 1796 Let. 10 June in Bull. Campaign (1797) 85 At Nine A. M. they formed themselves in a close Bow and Quarter Line, and continued to run from us in that Position, the largest Ship under easy Sail. 1842 J. F. Cooper Two Admirals II. ii. 17 This will bring the leading vessels considerably to windward of those astern, and may possibly throw the fleet into a bow and quarter line. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) i. 22 A Column is said to be in Quarter Line when the ships are ranged in one line abaft each others' beam, but not right astern. 1957 S. W. Roskill H.M.S. Warspite viii. 234 He first turned to the south-west, bringing the ships into quarter-line. 2005 N. Tracy in A. Stilwell Trafalgar Compan. v. 136 Anson also introduced into British tactics the Line of Bearing Formation, or the ‘Bow and Quarter Line’. extracted from quarter linen. < as lemmas
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