BECALM


Meaning of BECALM in English

/bi kahm"/ , v.t.

1. to deprive (a sailing vessel) of the wind necessary to move it; subject to a calm: The schooner was becalmed in the horse latitudes for two weeks.

2. Archaic. to calm; pacify.

[ 1550-60; BE- + CALM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .