| 单词 | to strike sail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike sail a. Nautical. To lower or take down (a sail, mast, yard, etc.); esp. to lower (the topsail) as a salute and (more rarely) as a sign of surrender in an engagement. Phrase, to strike sail. to strike a hull (see 1856 at ahull adv.). Also to strike down. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > strike or take in (sails) strikea1300 main1517 hand1625 douse1626 to shake off1627 muzzle1883 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > lower yard, mast, or sail strikea1300 cale1652 a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 1013 Hi strike seil & maste & Ankere gunne caste. 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iv. 80 For ne had þei striked a strake and sterid hem þe better, And abated a bonet or þe blast come. c1440 Bone Flor. 1864 Then beganne the storme to ryse,..They stroke the sayle. 1524 Inform. Pilgr. Holy Land (Roxb.) c iv b So they saylled forth..& neuer stryked saylle tyll they came to port Iaffe. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M5 Now strike your sailes yee iolly Mariners, For we be come vnto a quiet rode. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 13 By that they had some 3 peeces bestowed on them they stroke saile, yealdinge themselves unto the mercie of our Generall. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bvjv They vaile their bonnet low, And strike their top-saile in submissiue dutie. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxvii. 17 They vsed helps,..and fearing lest they should fall into the quicke-sands, strake saile, and so were driuen. View more context for this quotation 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 Strike your top masts to the cap. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 56 He must..strike a Hull that you may not descry him by his sailes. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) ii. 8 The Marriners stroke Saile and submitted. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 104 So when we take downe the top-masts, they say, Strike them downe. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 296 Both Ships struck their Yards and Top masts. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 92 A body of sailors..proceeded..to Sunderland.., and at the cross there read a paper, setting forth their grievances... After this they went on board the several ships in that harbour, and struck (lowered down) their yards, in order to prevent them from proceeding to sea. 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 60 Now some to strike top-gallant yards attend. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xii. 96 Fain to strike the galley's yard, And take them to the oar. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 220 The royal yards were then struck. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxi. 181 His maintopmast was struck, that is, sent down on deck. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 179 The custom of ‘striking’ or lowering a sail [as a salute] has almost died out. < as lemmas |
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