Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rake fore and aft, as a heavy sea a vessel at anchor with her head to the wind; sweep over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Naut.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
rake over, orsweep across, from end to end, aswaves break over avessel anchored with itshead to the sea.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + rake
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