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English to German translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Fantasy
English term or phrase:free the clews
Text:
The rigging boiled with men, laying aloft, running out the spars, freeing the clews on sail after sail.
The ship is being readied in order to escape a pursuer. I suppose, all the sails should be set. I found 'Geitaue' for clews, but have no idea what they are doing with them. Lösen, freimachen, losmachen?
Explanation: Wenn die Rahsegel gerefft, also zusammengerollt und inaktiv waren (oder sind), werden sie mit den Refftaljen fixiert. Setzt man die Segel dann, muß man sie losmachen, damit sie fallen, und wirken können.
Explanation: Wenn die Rahsegel gerefft, also zusammengerollt und inaktiv waren (oder sind), werden sie mit den Refftaljen fixiert. Setzt man die Segel dann, muß man sie losmachen, damit sie fallen, und wirken können.
DERDOKTOR Local time: 15:56 Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 12
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