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单词 to lay aback
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to lay aback
c. Nautical. With adverb complement, as alongside, by the lee, etc. to lay aback (see quots. 1867, 1881).
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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 > lay aback
to put aback1698
to back a yard1707
bagpipe1769
to lay aback1769
back-wind1899
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 43 Lay the ship by the Lee to trie the Dipsie line.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Scier Mettre à scier,..to back the sails, or lay them aback, so as to make the ship fall astern.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 69 To bagpipe the mizen is to lay it aback, by bringing the sheet to the mizen-shrouds.
1869 W. Longman Hist. Edward III I. xviii. 326 The King ordered his ship to be laid alongside a large Spaniard.
1881 L. R. Hamersly Naval Encycl. To lay a yard aback, is to brace it in such a way that the wind will blow against the forward side of the sail.
1891 Cornhill Mag. June 583 Lay her two courses to the wind.
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