becalmed

English

Verb

becalmed

1. simple past and past participle of becalm

Adjective

becalmed (comparative more becalmed, superlative most becalmed)

1. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:

     […] when we got aſterne we grew becalm'd, land-lockt in a fort, and were ſported all the way […]

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     Although the breeze had now utterly failed, we had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the southeast of the low eastern coast.

Derived terms

• unbecalmed

Translations

unable to move due to lack of wind

Chinese: Mandarin: 因無風而停泊的 / 因无风而停泊的 (yīn wú ēng ér tíngbó de) Dutch: windstil (nl) Finnish: tyveneen joutunut