close-hauled

Speech parts

1. close-hauled - Adjective

2. close-hauled - Adverb

3. close-hauled - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible

Source: WordNet

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Examples

A boat can be 'worked to windward', to arrive at an upwind destination, by sailing close-hauled with the wind coming from one side, then tacking (turning the boat through the eye of the wind) and sailing with the wind coming from the other side. Source: Internet

Then, to increase its speed, it would tack, close-hauled, down the gravitational field, spreading full sail again as it rushed past the Sun." Source: Internet

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