Working to windward by very short tacks or angular turning boards.
The winding trench of approach of a besieger, directed by short turns alternately right and left of ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt To run through or over. II. Course ·noun The <<Menses>>. III. Course ·noun The ground or path ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The direction taken by anything in motion, shown by the point of the compass towards which they run,...
·- The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice. ...
·- A stream of water; a river or brook. ...
The fore-sail (which see). ...
One of the oldest and most savoury of the regular forecastle dishes. (See lobscouse.) ...
The main-sail. ...
the eighth of the 24 courses or classes into which the priests were divided for serving at the altar...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it. ...
When the vessel's head is in the direction wished. ...
Going with the wind fair enough to lay her course. ...
To sail steadily on a given direction. ...
To cross her path. ...