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box off

box off verb: to turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.

Verb

box off (third-person singular simple present boxes off, present participle boxing off, simple past and past participle boxed off)

  1. To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
  2. To enclose an area and separate it from a larger area by surrounding it in walls.

Forms of box off

third-person singular presentboxes off
present participleboxing off
past participleboxed off
pastboxed off

Questions about box off

What does box off mean?
Box off means to turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.
What part of speech is box off?
Box off is a verb.
What is the past tense of box off?
The past tense of box off is boxed off.

Words near box off in the dictionary

  1. box of birds
  2. box of fluffies
  3. box of fluffy ducks
  4. box of ivories
  5. box of tricks
  6. box off
  7. box office
  8. box offices
  9. box oneself into a corner
  10. box operator
  11. box operators

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