| 单词 | veering chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasveering chain The action of causing or allowing to run out; attributive in veering cable, veering chain. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > which can be paid out as necessary veering cable1867 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 711 The veering cable, that cable which is veered out in unmooring, and not unspliced or unshackled in clearing hawse. 1894 Times 20 Mar. 3/5 From the top of the swivel a single veering chain passed into the lightship through the hawse pipe. < as lemmas |
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