单词 | to make a claw to windward |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a claw to windward 7. [ < claw v.] An act of clawing. to make a claw to windward (Nautical): = claw v. 7. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind > off a lee shore to claw off1615 to make a claw to windward1841 1841 T. P. Thompson Let. 4 Jan. in Exercises (1842) VI. 19 If the friends of the Charter only had the grace of seamanship, there would be a noble opportunity to make a claw to windward out of the misery the War-whigs have plunged themselves into. < as lemmas |
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