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closehauled |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Closehauled \Close"hauled`\, a. (Naut.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: close-hauled adj : (nautical) having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
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