veer.
To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
Meaning & usage
To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Dutch vieren (“to slacken”).
A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French virer.
To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
To shift aft.
To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
To turn.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French virer.
A piglet or a heifer.
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