The wind was contrary; it would be useless to hoistthesail.
2
Mark now sprang to the jib-halliards, assisting Bob to hoistthesail.
3
At this the men grumbled, as they had expected to hoistthesail.
4
Be ready to hoistthesail again the moment we get off the point.
5
Queen, we will do your bidding and hoistthesail.
1
But let them hoistsail, and how d'you tell them then?
2
There he would ride out the storm and hoistsail when the weather moderated.
3
Nay, suffer us to abide here to-night, and to-morrow we will hoistsail again.
4
Yes, a little business with me, which you'd better square before you hoistsail.
5
Let them embark without delay, turn their backs on the fatal shores of Sicily, and hoistsail for home.
1
The seamen hoistingthesails, the little ship went gaily out into the Ægean Sea.
2
The rigging was of the simplest description, and before dark everything was in readiness for hoistingthesails.
3
A cheer greets this announcement and the men are soon hoistingthesails, which flap and swell above them.
4
If the halliards of the new craft had not been new and strong, he would certainly have broken them in hoistingthesails.
5
While his cousin was hoistingthesails, James deliberately seated himself in the stern of the boat, and took hold of the tiller.
Ús de hoisting sails en anglès
1
In another five minutes, we should be throwing off the ropes and hoistingsails.
2
The merchant sailors have quite a repertoire, and invariably call on it when getting up anchor or hoistingsails.
3
Seamen were hoistingsails, or raising anchors, or rowing their capacious galleys through the water, singing, as they pulled, to the motion of the oars.