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chained_bear commented on the word backstrapped
"'But with the wind veering like this,' said Sutton, glancing at the high ridge of Gibraltar, 'he will be backstrapped, if he don't mend his pace.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 25
February 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word backstrapped
Neat! This one intrigued me, so I went off to investigate. From A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; Biographical Notices, and Records of Naval Officers, 1881: "A ship with a wind fair, but so light as not to enable her to stem the current, is said to be back-strapped." Haven't found an origin for it, though. :-)
February 19, 2008