CLOSE-HAULED


Meaning of CLOSE-HAULED in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

of a sailing ship : having the yards braced up sharp and sheets aft if square-rigged or having the boom hauled in close to the center line if fore-and-aft rigged and sailing as nearly against the wind as the ship will go

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