strike sail (English, verb)
expansion: strike sail (third-person singular simple present strikes sail, present participle striking sail, simple past struck sail, past participle struck sail or (rare or archaic) stricken sail)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To lower the sails (in preparation for dropping anchor, to salute or signal submission, in sudden gusts of wind, etc.).
tags: archaic
glosses: To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension.
tags: figuratively
obsolete
Forms:
form: strikes sail
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking sail
tags: participle
present
form: struck sail
tags: past
form: struck sail
tags: participle
past
form: stricken sail
tags: archaic
participle
past
rare