rounded-to

In what contrast was the display put up by Tanus 'squadron as it rounded-to downstream and held its geometrically spaced formation against the swift Nile current!

River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993

The hands took in the canvas with a rapidity that did them credit — Hornblower was watching unobtrusively from under the brim of his cocked hat — and then Clorinda rounded-to and the anchor cable rumbled through the hawse-hole.

Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958

The brig rounded-to and anchored very neatly indeed; if she had been a vessel included in his command he would have grunted with grudging satisfaction.

Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958

It was at the close of a warm spring day that we landed there; the sun was just sinking in the west as the boat rounded-to at the wharf.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

The vessel in front came nearer and nearer; and presently she rounded-to under the _Muscadine's_ stern, the old well-known Union Jack of Old

Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek

_Sea Rover_ rounded-to, with the floating object under her lee, it could be seen that it was the boat which David and Jonathan had perceived passing them, bottom upwards, just before they were struck by the squall.

Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek

The brigantine, which he had been following, now rounded-to, opened her port-holes, and fired a couple of shots toward the pursuing craft.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910

The squadron now beat down the east coast of Scotland, and, after capturing five or six small prizes, rounded-to off the Firth of Forth.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910

She rounded-to and let go her anchor, but the dark faces on her yards, when they furled the sails, and the Babel on deck, soon made known that she was from the Islands.

Chapter XVIII. Easter Sunday-“Sail Ho!”-Whales-San Juan-Romance of Hide-Droghing-San Diego Again 1909

And we were not a moment too soon; for as we rounded-to she fired the whole of her larboard broadside at us, the shot making the water spout all round us, and one of them actually striking our hull; it was, however, so far spent that it did no damage.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886