sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in
consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in
the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine⚓️
sagging to leeward, the movement by which a ship makes a considerable
lee-way, or is driven far to leeward of the course whereon she
apparently sails. It is generally expressed of heavy-sailing vessels, as
opposed to keeping well to windward, or, in the sea-phrase, holding a
good wind.
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