Hands by the weather-main-brace
English translation: crew to operate the up-wind ropes controlling the mainsail
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| 12:20 May 19, 2012 |
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 20:08 | ||||||
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| hands by the weather-main-brace Everyone must work together towards the same goal. Explanation: Basically a guess, because it's similar to a number of nautically inspired idioms in English. More common is " all hands on deck", "all hands on the pump" all hands on the main brace", which are all exhortations to greater effort and teamwork to achieve a common goal. Your version as posted doesn't actually exist. |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3| hands by the weather-main-brace all deckhands to go to the main-brace on the side the wind is blowing on Explanation: "hands" refers to the crew "weather" means on the side the wind is blowing towards "main-brace" is a rope by which a yard is swung and secured on a square-rigged ship. |
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