| 单词 | to smite the mizzen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto smite the mizzen P5. Nautical. to smite the mizzen: to pull a rope attached to the mizzen sail in order to allow the sail to deploy. Now historical. 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) > lower (sail) > pull rope in order to to smite the mizzena1625 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) 127 This Line is called a Smitting Line soe they smite the missen, that is pull the Roape that the Saile maie come downe. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Smite the missen, is to pull the aforesaid Rope [sc. the Smiting Line] that the Sail may fall down. 1870 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 5) 208/2 Largue l'artimon! smite the mizzen! 1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail v. 77/2 Smiting the mizzen, a ‘smiting line’ was made fast at the forward end of the yard, and made up with the sail... At the order, pulling the line broke the stops successively, allowing the canvas to deploy. < as lemmas |
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