Hypertext Webster Gateway: "closehauled"
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) 1.7 (wn)
close-hauled
adj : (nautical) having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to
the wind as possible
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