Boxhaul

[bɒkshɒ:l]

解释:

(v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).

丹尼斯校对

解释:

v.t. to veer a ship sharp round on her heel by putting the helm a-lee bracing the head-yards flat aback and hauling to windward the head-sheets.

胡安娜校对