ABOX

Meaning of ABOX in English

əˈbäks adjective

Etymology: a- (I) + box (to boxhaul)

: braced aback — used of head yards when the headsails only are aback

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ABOX — (adv. & a.) Braced aback.
Английский словарь Webster
ABOX — ( adv. & a. ) Braced aback.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ABOX — adv & ·adj braced aback.
Webster English vocab
BOXHAUL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: box (III) + haul : to put (a square-rigger) on the other tack by luffing and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOXHAUL — (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so …
Английский словарь Webster
BOXHAUL — ( v. t. ) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOXHAUL — vt to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; so called …
Webster English vocab

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