Meaning of spoom | Babel Free
Definitions
To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
Examples
“17th century: Samuel Pepys We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.”
“17th century: John Dryden When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, / My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.