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• about ship
  about ship

  interjection

  (as a command) put the ship about.
• about-ship
  about-ship

  verb (used without object)

  to tack.

about ship

¹ American  

interjection

1. (as a command) put the ship about.

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about-ship ² American  

[uh-bout-ship] / əˌbaʊtˈʃɪp /

verb (used without object)

about-shipped, about-shipping

1. Nautical. to tack.

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about-ship British  

verb

1. (intr) nautical to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack

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Etymology

Origin of about ship¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Origin of about-ship²

First recorded in 1680–90