- close-hauled adj
- [ˌkləʊs'hɔːld]
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English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
close-hauled adj
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close-hauled — close′ hauled′ [[t]kloʊs[/t]] adj. adv. naut. navig. as close to the wind as a vessel will sail, with sails as flat as possible • Etymology: 1760–70 … From formal English to slang
close-hauled — /klohs hawld /, adj., adv. Naut. as close to the wind as a vessel will sail, with sails as flat as possible; full and by. [1760 70] * * * … Universalium
close — 1. adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 a having a strong or immediate relation or connection (close friend; close relative). b in intimate friendship or association (were very close). c… … Useful english dictionary
free — adj., adv., & v. adj. (freer; freest) 1 not in bondage to or under the control of another; having personal rights and social and political liberty. 2 (of a State, or its citizens or institutions) subject neither to foreign domination nor to… … Useful english dictionary
full — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is full; full of water). 2 having eaten to one s limits or satisfaction. 3 abundant, copious, satisfying, sufficient (a full programme of events; led … Useful english dictionary
beat — beatable, adj. /beet/, v., beat, beaten or beat, beating, n., adj. v.t. 1. to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly. 2. to dash against: rain beating the trees. 3. to flutter, flap, or rotate in or against: beating the air with its wings … Universalium
reach — reachable, adj. reachability, n. reacher, n. /reech/, v.t. 1. to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore. 2. to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: Your letter never reached … Universalium
tack — tack1 tacker, n. tackless, adj. /tak/, n. 1. a short, sharp pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head. 2. Naut. a. a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course. b. the lower forward corner of a course or fore and aft sail. See… … Universalium
free — freeness, n. /free/, adj., freer, freest, adv., v., freed, freeing. adj. 1. enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. 2. pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They… … Universalium
jib — jib1 /jib/, n. Naut. 1. any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore topmast staysail. Cf. flying jib, inner jib. See diag. under ship. 2. the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib. 3. cut of one s jib … Universalium
weatherly — weatherliness, n. /wedh euhr lee/, adj. Naut. (of a ship or boat) making very little leeway when close hauled. [1645 55; WEATHER + LY] * * * … Universalium
