"Close-Hauled" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
In admiralty law, this nautical term means the arrangement or trim of a vessel’s sails when she endeavors to make a progress in the nearest direction possible towards that point of the compass from which the wind blows. But a vessel may be considered as close-hauled, although she ls not quite so near to the wind as she could posslbly lie. Chadwick v. Packet CoM 6 El. A BL 771
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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
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Read the complete definitionTo take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
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Read the complete definitionTo turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
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Read the complete definitionTo bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Read the complete definitionTo shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the …
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Read the complete definitionSomething inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; …
Read the complete definitionFormerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over …
Read the complete definitionTo turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so …
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