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Definition of Atrip
1. Adjective. (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom.
Definition of Atrip
1. adv. Just hove clear of the ground; -- said of the anchor.
Definition of Atrip
1. Adjective. (nautical of an anchor) Just clear of the ground. ¹
2. Adjective. (nautical of sails) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming. ¹
3. Adjective. (nautical of yards) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atrip
1. aweigh [adj] - See also: aweigh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrip
Literary usage of Atrip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Society of Jesus in North America, Colonial and Federal. by Thomas Hughes (1908)
"Г. Province Archives, (d) Bohemia ; a long narrow atrip of memoranda. No. 38.
1706, July 10. The beginnings of the Bohemia estate; partly a bequest, ..."
2. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"... S" atrip»« Resultant Soil-pressure in. Tons per aquare foot Si — -JJ- —
compression per sq ft due to Wt 6M, Sim -г;- = compression per sq ft due to MI ..."
3. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"... which moves forwards or backwards in a vertical plane, according as the spring
bends more or less. Beneath the pencil, a atrip of paper ..."
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