“a、box”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

a-box

释义

abox, a-box, adv. Naut.|əˈbɒks|
[f. a- prefix 2 + box v.¹ (sense 13).]
Applied to the position of the head-yards when only the head-sails are laid aback.
1801Capt. Ferris in Naval Chron. VI. 245 With an intent..to brace the head yards a-box.1867[see brace v.³].1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., To lay the head-yards square, or abox.1922Blackw. Mag. Dec. 803/2 Her sides were flaked with rust, her yards all a-box.1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 7 Abox, term applied to yards of a mast that are braced in opposite direction to those on a neighbouring mast; a handy practice to retain a vessel under control.

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