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verb (used without object), a·bout-shipped, a·bout-ship·ping.
Nautical. to tack.
Origin:
1680–90
1680–90
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| about-ship | |
| —vb , -ships, -shipping, -shipped | |
| (intr) nautical to manoeuvre a vessel onto a new tack | |
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