Closehauled

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Closehauled \Close"hauled`\, close-hauled \close-hauled\, a.
     (Naut.)
     Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the
     direction from which the wind blows; having the sails trimmed
     for sailing as close to the wind as possible; -- said of a
     sailing vessel.


     [1913 Webster] close-knit

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  close-hauled
       adj : having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as
             possible