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adj
Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
(of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From weather (“direction from which the wind blows”) + -ly (“characteristic of”).
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
