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[n]
▶ spread-out sail ▶ full sail ▶ (sailing) downwind |
2. | A 2012-12-09 23:03:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | GG5: "spread-out sail". Koj: "帆を正面に向け、その全面に追風を受けて走ること。順風にかけた帆。" |
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Comments: | Looks more like it's *sailing* downwind. |
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Diff: | @@ -12,0 +12,1 @@ +<gloss>spread-out sail</gloss> @@ -13,1 +14,1 @@ -<gloss>downwind</gloss> +<gloss>(sailing) downwind</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2012-12-09 18:00:50 Andy Jones <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | 大内健二、あんたが知らない船の話、44: 「帆の構造から船の後方からの順風を受ける(真帆と呼ぶ)航法。。。」 |
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Comments: | The technical meaning of 真帆 is downwind, and by extension "full sail", but "full sail" is somewhat misleading from a sailing point of view. The "opposite" of 真帆 is 片帆 (close-haul; reach), but even in the case of reaching, the sail can be kept "full". |
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Diff: | @@ -13,0 +13,1 @@ +<gloss>downwind</gloss> |