| 单词 | to round aft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto round aft † to round aft transitive. Nautical = to round in 2 at Phrasal verbs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 > sheet or brace in to round aftc1625 to round inc1625 to sheet home1797 c1625 Treat. Rigging (1921) 8 The Shetes serue to round aft the saile. 1750 Compl. Syst. Navigation 298 The Wind blows a fresh Gale, round aft the Main Sheet, and Fore-sheets, square your Yards. 1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 311 The main-purchase cast off from the fore-bits, and rounded aft, retaining sufficient length to reach the mizen-mast floating alongside. 1898 W. J. L. Wharton Hydrogr. Surv. (rev. ed.) viii. 153 The rounding line is at once rounded aft again, ready for the slip to be again attached when the lead comes up. < as lemmas |
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