Category talk:Requests for quotation/R. H. Dana, Jr

quotation for nautical sense of the verb 'gripe'
The quartermaster eased off the wheel a couple of spokes... and then brought her up to the wind again. .... 'No, sir, I can't say that she gripes. Just a touch of weather helm's all she needs now, sir.' - Hornblower and the Hotspur, C S Forester, ch IV Dhatlelid (talk) 04:23, 30 March 2017 (UTC)