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单词 to broach to
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to broach to
1. intransitive in phrase, to broach to (said of the ship): to veer suddenly so as to turn the side to windward, or to meet the sea.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > veer suddenly to windward
to broach to1699
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. i. 6 If the Ship..should prove unruly, as..by her broaching too against all endeavours, which often happens when a fierce gust comes.
1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) ii. 639 If broaching sideward to the wave, sea-log'd, she sinks us in a liquid grave.
1800 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1804) II. 77 She lost her steerage way, broached-to, and upset, the sea rolling over and over.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. v. 159 The vessel..broached to, that is, came with her broadside to the wind and sea.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 126 They hove the wheel up just in time to save her from broaching to.
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