单词 | up helm |
释义 | > as lemmasup helm c. Phrases. down with the helm, down helm, the order to place the helm so as to bring the rudder to windward. up with the helm, up helm, the order to place the helm so as to bring the rudder to leeward. See also alee adv., amidships adv. and adj., bear v.1 31b, ease v. 9, to feel her (also the) helm at feel v. Phrases 4, over n.1, port n.6, starboard n., adj., and adv., weather n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > steering > [phrase] > order to turn helm down with the helm1833 up helm1840 up with the helm1840 down helm1874 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Amidships Put the helm amidships, i.e. in the middle. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 159 ‘Down with the helm, and let her come round,’ said I. 1840 N. P. Willis in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. xxi. 371 So I up helm for my sister's house in Brighton. 1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. xc. 66 See if he does not up helm, and make the best run of it he can. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 171 If caught in a hard sudden squall, down helm at once... A tendency to carry lee helm should be counteracted at once. 1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 316 Helm's-a-lee, the call of the helmsman when his helm is hard down in tacking. < as lemmas |
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