firningsbara
English translation: lowerable
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| 11:35 May 5, 2008 |
| Swedish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Clare Barnes Sweden Local time: 19:28 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | lowerable |
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| 4 | Lowerable |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1lowerable Explanation: I imagine these are boats that are lowered (rather than dropped) into the water using a winch system. |
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38 mins confidence:
Lowerable Explanation: 'Ease off' or 'slack' can also be used, though when referring to a sail and not a boat like in your context. |
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2 hrs confidence:
hoistable Explanation: In strict sense "fira" means to _lower_ something by means of ropes/lines/cables and similar, but the up/down direction is pretty much implicit here. "lower" is too general since you don't convey that the action is done strictly by means of a rope/pulley arrangement. |
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