Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface of the water as to appear to be in a line with the stays of the ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Naut.) An anchor is said to be
astay , when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb nautical Of an
anchor , such that inheaving it, anacute angle is formed between thecable and the surface of the water.
Etymologies
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