| 单词 | to have a good etc ship under foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a good etc. ship under foot c. Nautical. ‘Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has headway’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.); also of the movement of the tide, etc. Also †to have a good etc. ship under foot (i.e. to be sailing in such a ship). ΚΠ 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 79 This Cable had laine slacke vnder-foot. 1670 Wood in Hacke Coll. Voy. iii. (1699) 61 It must..be a bad Port in Winter, when..a Storm blows at West..and a Tide of Ebb under Foot. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 166 Running chearfully before the Wind, and with a strong Tide or Eddy under Eoot [sic]. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 313 I had a pretty good ship under foot, though she made but a poor figure. 1804 Capt. Duff in Naval Chron. 15 281 We have a good comfortable ship under foot. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 180 The Pilot..dropped the port anchor under foot. < as lemmas |
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