| 单词 | to side out for a bend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto side out for a bend 13. intransitive. Nautical. to side out for a bend: to move to one side; (also) to draw a loop towards the opposite end of a cable. Chiefly in imperative. Cf. bend n.4 6a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways windc1550 veer1590 veer1604 rousea1625 heave1626 overhaul1626 ease1627 pay1627 reeve1627 unbend1627 to come up1685 overhale1692 to pay away1769 surge1769 render1777 to pay out1793 to round down1793 to set upon ——1793 swig1794 veer1806 snake1815 to side out for a bend1831 rack1841 snub1841 1831 Bell's Life in London 17 Apr. [A set of quadrilles nautically arranged.] Make a stern board to your berth, side out for a bend first to starboard and then to port, make sail. 1833 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 158/2 Scaldings ho!—side out for a bend—and draw the splice! 1836 Naval Mag. Sept. 553 He obtained her fair hand, as did Mr. Grum that of another, and so we sided out for a bend. 1854 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Jan. 14 Side out for a bend, here's a new messmate. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 624 Side out for a bend.., to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side. 1989 P. O'Brian Thirteen Gun Salute (1992) x. 302 The invariable cries of nippers, there and light along the messenger and side out for a bend. < as lemmas |
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