| 单词 | to flat in a sail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flat in a sail a. To force (the sail) flat or close against the mast. Cf. flat adj. 2e to flat in a sail (see quot. 1772); also absol. 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 > force sail against mast flata1642 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 329/2 He hears the Seamen cry..flat a Sheet. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest i. 3 Flat, flat, flat in the Fore-sheat there. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 25 Who flatted their Sails and laid by till the Spanish Ship came up. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Aback The situation of the sails when their surfaces are flatted against the masts by the force of the wind. 1772 J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator (1810) 275 To flat in, to draw in the aftermost lower corner or clue of a sail towards the middle of a ship, to give the sail a greater power to turn the vessel. To flat in forward, to draw in the fore-sheet, jib-sheet [etc.], towards the middle of the ship. < as lemmas |
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