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becalmed

becalmed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of becalm.

becalmed (comparative more becalmed, superlative most becalmed)

1. (nautical) (of a sailing ship) unable to move due to lack of wind
   • 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique

     ...when we got a?terne we grew becalmd, land-lockt in a fort, and were ?ported all the way...

   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     Although the breeze had now utterly failed, we had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the southeast of the low eastern coast.

Definizione dizionario becalmed

Altri significati:

Simple past tense and past participle of becalm.

(nautical) (of a sailing ship) unable to move due to lack of wind