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Meaning of crowd sail | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.

dated, idiomatic

Examples

“the Spaniards busied themselves in making the most of a sudden favourable change of wind, and, without much regard to order, were crowding sail to get near the land.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

crowd surf crowd surfing crowd together crowd up crowd-kill crowd-killed

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