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atrip
[uh-trip]
adjective
(of a sail) in position and ready for trimming.
(of a yard) hoisted and ready to be fastened in position.
(of an upper mast) unfastened and ready for lowering.
atrip
/ əˈٰɪ /
adjective
(postpositive) nautical (of an anchor) no longer caught on the bottom; tripped; aweigh
Example Sentences
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; Ð said of the anchor.
Her anchor was atrip, that is, the cable was hove short, showing that she was ready to sail at a moment's notice.
As soon as the anchor was atrip, I rang the bell to go ahead.
Already the jib had been raised, and Frank was at the wheel to bring the yacht round as soon as she felt the breeze after the anchor was atrip.
At one o'clock he hove his anchor atrip and drifted, stern foremost, towards the enemy.
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