dégréer

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ gréer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ɡʁe.e/
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Verb

dégréer

  1. (transitive, nautical) to unrig
    • 1782, Mercure de France, page 156:
      Les 10 bâtiments, partis de Cadix il y a 3 semaines, sont à Algéciras; on les a dégréés et démâtés, pour en faire en batteries flottantes.
      The 10 ships that departed Cadiz 3 weeks ago are in Algeciras; we have unrigged and unmasted them to make them into floating batteries.
    • 1831, Pierre-Marie-Joseph de Bonnefoux, Séances nautiques; ou, Traité élémentaire du vaisseau à la mer, page 315:
      Un croiseur ne prendra des ris et ne dégréera de perroquets qu’autant qu’il y sera forcé, ses voiles serrées seront sur les fils de caret, celles qui seront établies seront parfaitement bordées [...]
      A cruiser will not reef or unrig its topgallants unless it is forced to do so, its tight sails will be on the ropes, those that are to be deployed will be perfectly bordered
    • 1878, Jules Verne, Un capitaine a quinze ans [Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen]:
      Avec un temps moins menaçant, il aurait laissé les deux vergues sur le mât; mais, prévoyant qu’il serait probablement obligé de caler ce mât, et peut-être même de le dépasser, il dégréa les deux vergues et les envoya sur le pont.
      With less menacing weather, he would have left the two yards on the mast; but, foreseeing that he would probably be obliged to wedge the mast, and perhaps even surpass it, he unrigged the two yards and threw them on the deck.

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