“double、reef”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

double-reef

释义

double-reef, v.
Chiefly in pa. pple. double-reefed (also 8 -rift).
trans. To reduce the spread of (a sail) by taking in two reefs. Hence double-reef n., e.g. ‘in double-reefs of the topsails’ = with the topsails double-reefed.
1703W. Dampier Voy. III. iii. 133 It would blow..so that we could scarce carry our Top-sails double rift.1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World (1757) 4 At noon we set the main⁓sail double-reefed.1833Marryat P. Simple xv, We were obliged to double-reef the topsails..and the weather looked very threatening.1857in Merc. Mar. Mag. (1858) V. 8 At daylight, in double-reefs of the top-sails.

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