| 单词 | to make short boards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make short boards 15. Nautical. Sideward direction (in reference to the ship's course); the course of a ship when tacking. to make boards: to tack. to make short boards: to tack frequently. Also in some figurative phrases, as †to sail on another board: to take another course of conduct. Cf. tack n.1[Of French origin: cf. French virer de bord to turn the ship's side in another direction; courir des bords to tack. Cf. starboard n., adj., and adv. and larboard n. and adj. used as directions in reference to a ship's course.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks to make boards1533 tack1557 traverse1568 ply1589 board1627 tackle1632 busk1635 trip1687 to beat abouta1774 to come about1777 to make short boards1777 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > beating against the wind > tacking > a tack or beat > track of board1533 traverse?1574 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 73 Seing her husband wes dede, scho began to sail on ane uthir burde. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 17 Thai salit..Ay be ane burd fyve dais and fyve nycht. 1596 F. Vere Comm. 30 Making still toward them upon one board. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 456 To this and that side I make tacks and bords. 1777 W. Anderson Jrnl. 30 May in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. ii. 882 Before day light we made short boards. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow III. vii. 104 Standing in..to make a long board upon next tack. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) ii. viii. i. §5 The vessel will do it in two boards if there be room in the channel. 1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 229/1 The tendency was to give her a stern board [i.e. to sail her stern first]. < as lemmas |
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