close-hauled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of close-hauled
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Skipper Moore close-hauled Argyll for the long reach to Bermuda, with a stiff breeze carrying them along.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once he tried his hand at sailing and a Bermuda lady-expert promptly asked: "Do you reef in your gaff-topsails when you are close-hauled or do you let go the mizzentop-bowlines and crossjack-braces?"
From Time Magazine Archive
The small boats got off in fine weather, close-hauled in a fresh breeze.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a night of reckless seamanship, both ships are standing clear, close-hauled on the port tack, all sails set and drawing, with the We're Here to the windward and astern of Jenny Cushman.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few minutes later they began to swing sharply up and down, and the thuds against them made it evident that the sloop was plunging close-hauled through a short, head sea.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
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