Found 1 hit - Term: to underrun a tackle, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
underrun \un`derrun"\, v. t.
to run or pass under; especially naut., to pass along and
under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of
examining it.
1913 webster
note: the cable passes over the bows and stern of the boat
used, while the men haul the boat along by pulling upon
the cable. --totten.
1913 webster
to underrun a hose naut., to lift it up at one end, then
walk along shifting one hand after another so that the
water will run out.
to underrun a tackle naut., to separate its parts and put
them in order.
1913 webster
see also:
to underrun a hose to underrun a tackle
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