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close-hauled



Pronunciation: (klōs'hôld'), [key]
—adj., adv. Naut.
as close to the wind as a vessel will sail, with sails as flat as possible; full and by.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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