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press of sail Meaning in Bengali



Noun:

পালের প্রেস,





press of sail's Usage Examples:

waterline beam amidships to provide enough form stability to stand up to a press of sail; and a good 1,400lb of lead at the bottom of the boat’s gently curving.


people saw, or imagined they saw, a vessel standing for them under a press of sail, as though she would run them down: one in particular affirmed it was.


Centurion under a press of sail, was the first to come up with the rearmost French ship, which she attacked.


The privateer put on such a press of sail that she lost her maintopmast, which enabled Porcupine to come up.


Heavily laden and making upriver under a press of sail, Dauntless became unmanageable and broached to.


At this the French abandoned their attack, turned, and fled under a press of sail.


The two vessels immediately weighed and, under a heavy press of sail made every endeavour to beat south but the shoals forced them to stand.


Wolverine's bow was hove around with difficulty and by using a heavy press of sail she was dragged through the mud into 11 feet of water.


levelled to fire horizontally in any state of heeling of the ship under a press of sail.


" his ships being reputed as fast, handy, and able to carry a large press of sail.



Synonyms:

weigh down; drag down; grind; squelch; mash; push; squeeze; knuckle; touch; craunch; crunch; crush; cranch; press down on; squash; bear down on; bear down;

Antonyms:

beseeching; curse; bless; outbid; underbid;

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