| 单词 |
a-port |
| 释义 |
a-port, advb. phr.|əˈpɔət| [a prep.1 + port.] On or towards the port side of the ship, or the left side when looking forward. to put the helm a-port (= ‘to port the helm’): to move the rudder to the starboard side, making the ship turn to the right.
1627Smith Seaman's Gram. v. 24 The haling them is called the Topping the Lifts, as top a starboard, or top a port. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. iii. 39/2 Making them both to beare vp, the one aport, and the other a starbord. 1795Nelson in Nicolas Disp. II. 13 Braced up our after-yards, put the helm a-port, and stood after her again. |

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