| 单词 | to heave in stays |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto heave (the ship) in stays a. From senses 10, 19: to heave a-peak: see quots. and a-peak adv. to heave (the ship) in stays: to bring her head to the wind in tacking; also intransitive of the ship. to heave short: ‘to heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor’ (Smyth). to heave taut: to heave at the capstan until the cable is taut. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor > heave cable taut to heave taut1726 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward > in tacking turn1589 to turn up1589 to heave (the ship) in stays1726 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor > shorten cable > until ship is nearly over anchor to heave short1726 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 19 Which done, I hove apeak on my anchor. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Peek The Ship being about to weigh, comes over her Anchor, so as the Cable hangs perpendicularly between the Hawse and the Anchor; the bringing of a Ship into which Position they call heaving a-peek. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. U3 Heaving-short. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. U3 Heaving-taught. 1795 Ld. Nelson 13 Mar. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 14 At one PM the Frigate hove in stays and got the Ça Ira round..As soon as our after-guns ceased to bear, the Ship was hove in stays. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 137 The frigate [was] unmoored, and hove ‘short stay a-peak’. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship II. xviii. 151 They had laid an anchor out astern, and hove taut. 1893 W. T. Wawn S. Sea Islanders 88 Towards sundown, the chain was hove short. < as lemmas |
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