英语词汇“trysail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	trysail
释义	Trends of trysail View usage for: trysail in British English (ˈtraɪˌseɪl, nautical ˈtraɪsəl) noun a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind Also called: storm trysail trysail in American English (ˈtraɪˌseɪl; Nautical ˈtraɪsəl) noun a small, sturdy, fore-and-aft sail hoisted when other canvas has been lowered, to keep a vessel's head to the wind in a storm Word origin < naut. phr. a try, the position of lying to in a storm Examples of 'trysail' in a sentence trysail He had let her come up into the wind too far and the storm trysail luffed, canvas drumming, the bronze sail slides clattering. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (1993) The ketch's trysail shook, then filled with a clap, Snow Goose finally falling off on the port tack, heading south. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (1993) He had been steering by the feel of the wind on his face and the luff of the trysail. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (1993) Everywhere I looked great canvas sails of grey, from mainsail to main royal, from flying jib to trysail, were bellied out. Wilson, Bob STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER (1993)
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