Translation of "tighten sail" to French

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Dictionary translations for "tighten sail"

tighten sail verb

étarquer voile (Sport)

Contexts with "tighten sail"

It took courage to sail across the Pacific single-handed. Il fallait du courage pour traverser le Pacifique à la voile en solitaire.

Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive. Les petites affaires (entreprises) devront se serrer la ceinture pour survivre.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts. J'aime voyager sur des mers interdites et accoster sur des rivages barbares.

The ship set sail only to sink two days later. Le navire prit la mer pour sombrer deux jours plus tard.

The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim. Ferdinand Magellan fut le premier homme à traverser à la voile tous les méridiens du monde, mais la seule raison qui le lui permit, c'est que Christophe Colomb avait choisi de le faire à la nage.

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