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Definition of the day : « pooped »
- adj tired
- And we can't run before such a sea as this, in our condition; we should be pooped in less than five minutes.
- Extract from : « By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories » by Louis Becke
- Always carry enough sail to keep the boat racing with the waves, or you are liable to get pooped.
- Extract from : « On Yacht Sailing » by Thomas Fleming Day
- If we had n't set all sail on her, she 'd have been pooped to a certainty; and I can tell you I was in a rare fright, too.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- In running off carefully tend your helm, and keep the vessel moving, or you may get pooped.
- Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day
- High-bowed and pooped, and curved like the crescent moon, it was the strangest craft that he had ever seen.
- Extract from : « Under the Redwoods » by Bret Harte
- A frigate has no poop, but is said to be pooped when a wave strikes the stern and washes on board.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- There was a heavy and irregular sea which pooped the ship, and nearly proved her entire ruin.
- Extract from : « Torrey's Narrative » by William Torrey
- The ship was pooped, the name-board washed away, and much damage done.
- Extract from : « Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma » by George Norway
- Pooping—A vessel is said to be pooped when, owing to her not moving fast enough ahead, the sea breaks over her stern.
- Extract from : « On Yacht Sailing » by Thomas Fleming Day