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close-bodied |
close-fights |
close-fisted |
close-fitting |
close-grained |
close-hauled
| close-knit
| close-minded
| close-order drill
| close-packed
| close-quarter fighting
close-hauled
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective close-hauled has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
close-hauled, a.
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]
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