单词 | to port the helm |
释义 | > as lemmasto port the helm 1. transitive. To turn (the helm or rudder of a ship, boat, etc.) towards the port side, causing the vessel to turn to starboard. Chiefly in to port the helm. Formerly also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > steer [verb (transitive)] > work the rudder > turn helm or tiller to specific position port1580 starboard1605 to right the (also one's) helm1627 leea1668 to up with1860 1580 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 470 The William had her sterne post broken, that the rudder did hang cleane besides the sterne, so that she could in no wise porte her helme. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Gij Fellowes they were that had good big pop mouths to crie Port a helme Saint George. 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 12 Cleere your maine brace, let goe the bolein there, Port, port, the helme hard. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 37 Port, that is, to put the Helme to Larboord, and the Ship will goe to the Starboord. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They never say Larboard the Helm, but always Port it; tho' they say Starboard the Helm, when it is to be put to the Right side of the Ship. 1746 Copies Minutes & Proc. Several Tryals 116 We were then Bearing down, and porting the Helm, till after the Namur hauled off. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. i. 34 ‘Port the helm.’.. ‘Port, it is, Sir,’ said the man at the helm. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 382 The men..put her head between wind and water, weighed anchor, ported her helm, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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