brought-to

City, on the very day of taking possession, and had been stunned with astonishment, and brought-to, and led about the house by one ear, to behold its various treasures, and had been enraptured and enchanted.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

Flushing to Dover, the master of the packet-boat brought-to all of

Travels through France and Italy 2004

We sailed rapidly down the current, but before sunset, from a silly fear of bad weather, we brought-to in a narrow arm of the river.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

We sailed rapidly down the current, but before sunset, from a silly fear of bad weather, we brought-to in a narrow arm of the river.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

_ -- Left Tungong on our return to the vessel, and brought-to for the night at Tanjong Siri.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

They brought-to, however reluctantly, and awaited the pleasure of the gang.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

The flotilla passed down behind Tuti Island, going by the east bank, and were brought-to below the island.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh

We sailed rapidly down the current, but before sunset, from a silly fear of bad weather, we brought-to in a narrow arm of the river.

Chapter VII 1909

Well, sir, Cap'n Dick Hewitt brought-to his prize, as he reckoned her; and when he came aboard and sized up the cargo and the _Unity's_ luck, as he reckoned it, his boastfulness was neither to hold nor to bind.

The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

I was struck by the picturesque character of the phrase as applied to a ship brought-to in order to ride out a gale with wave after wave passing under her breast.

The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad 1890