( v. t. & i. )
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
( v. t. & i. )
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012