Idiom
crowd sail
Meaning
To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The captain decided to crowd sail to reach the port before dark.”
“To catch the fleeing ship, the commander ordered his crew to crowd sail despite the rising winds.”
“Desperate to outrun the approaching storm, the sailors chose to crowd sail, pushing the vessel to its absolute physical limit.”
Examples
simple
“The captain decided to crowd sail to reach the port before dark.”
contextual
“To catch the fleeing ship, the commander ordered his crew to crowd sail despite the rising winds.”
complex
“Desperate to outrun the approaching storm, the sailors chose to crowd sail, pushing the vessel to its absolute physical limit.”
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