Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of wind: applied to sails when on a wind every sail stands full without lifting.
- noun A sail full of wind: also called a smooth full.
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Examples
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Keep her a good full -- a rap-full; but don't let her fall away.
CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010
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Keep her a good full -- a rap-full; but don't let her fall away.
Chapter 38 1914
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The ditches of Talapus were once more running rap-full; and Donald
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The ship was kept a rap-full, and she went steadily across the passage, favoured, perhaps, by a little more breeze than had blown most of the morning.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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The fore and mizen top-gallant-sails were set as fast as possible, the weather-braces pulled upon a little, the bowlines eased, and the brig kept a rap-full.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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She was kept a rap-full until near the edge of the eddy, and then her helm was put nearly down, all at once.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Cuffe, addressing the officer of the watch; "we must do all we can here; for when abreast of the breakers everything must be a rap-full to keep the ship under quick command.
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
ry commented on the word rap-full
could go on a list of sailing or nautical words
March 7, 2014
qms commented on the word rap-full
Assessing the speed of fast yachts
You'll estimate headway in knots.
A crew that's not bashful
Will keep the craft rap-full;
The knots that they make will be lots.
May 2, 2017
bilby commented on the word rap-full
You'd think all the bling would slow them down.
May 2, 2017