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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Closehauled \Close"hauled`\, close-hauled \close-hauled\, a.
     (Naut.)
     Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the
     direction from which the wind blows; having the sails trimmed
     for sailing as close to the wind as possible; -- said of a
     sailing vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Closehauled \Close"hauled`\, a. (Naut.)
     Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the
     direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing
     vessel.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  close-hauled
       adj : having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as
             possible

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  close-hauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering
     adv.
     with the sails close-hauled
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  closehauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) (alternative form of en close-hauled)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  close-hauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering
     adv.
     with the sails close-hauled
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  closehauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) (alternative form of en close-hauled)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  close-hauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering
     adv.
     with the sails close-hauled
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  closehauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) (alternative form of en close-hauled)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  close-hauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering
     adv.
     with the sails close-hauled
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as
  possible with all sails full and not shivering

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  closehauled
     a.
     (lb en nautical) (alternative form of en close-hauled)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  close-hauled /klˈəʊshˈɔːld/
  ostře proti větru

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  close-hauled /klˈəʊshˈɔːld/
  élesen szélnek

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  close-hauled /klˈəʊshˈɔːld/
  1. (den) orasına.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  close-hauled
     a. 迎风开的,抢风开的

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