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boxhaul

/'bɒkshɒ:l/

📖 中文释义

  1. vt. 使船顺风势转向
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. v. t. To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her
  2. short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing
  3. the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind).