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Meanings of hoisting sails in inglés

portugués
hastear velas
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Nautical term.

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        Examples for "hoist the sail"
        Examples for "hoist the sail"
        1
        The wind was contrary; it would be useless to hoist the sail.
        In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
        2
        Mark now sprang to the jib-halliards, assisting Bob to hoist the sail.
        The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
        3
        At this the men grumbled, as they had expected to hoist the sail.
        The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific
        4
        Be ready to hoist the sail again the moment we get off the point.
        Snow Shoes and Canoes / Or, The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in th...
        5
        Queen, we will do your bidding and hoist the sail.
        King Olaf's Kinsman / A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against...
        1
        But let them hoist sail, and how d'you tell them then?
        Rodney Stone
        2
        There he would ride out the storm and hoist sail when the weather moderated.
        The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailo...
        3
        Nay, suffer us to abide here to-night, and to-morrow we will hoist sail again.
        Stories from the Odyssey
        4
        Yes, a little business with me, which you'd better square before you hoist sail.
        False Friends, and The Sailor's Resolve
        5
        Let them embark without delay, turn their backs on the fatal shores of Sicily, and hoist sail for home.
        Stories from Thucydides
        1
        The seamen hoisting the sails, the little ship went gaily out into the Ægean Sea.
        The Book of Missionary Heroes
        2
        The rigging was of the simplest description, and before dark everything was in readiness for hoisting the sails.
        The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
        3
        A cheer greets this announcement and the men are soon hoisting the sails, which flap and swell above them.
        The story of cirrus flux
        4
        If the halliards of the new craft had not been new and strong, he would certainly have broken them in hoisting the sails.
        Little By Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
        5
        While his cousin was hoisting the sails, James deliberately seated himself in the stern of the boat, and took hold of the tiller.
        Frank, the Young Naturalist
        Usage of hoisting sails in inglés
        1
        In another five minutes, we should be throwing off the ropes and hoisting sails.
        Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
        2
        The merchant sailors have quite a repertoire, and invariably call on it when getting up anchor or hoisting sails.
        Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
        3
        Seamen were hoisting sails, or raising anchors, or rowing their capacious galleys through the water, singing, as they pulled, to the motion of the oars.
        Cleopatra
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