round to

Verb

 * 1)  To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.
 * 2) * 1899', Henry Billings Brown, The New York
 * she received a signal of two blasts from the steamer Burlington, which, with four barges in tow, had gone down the Canadian side of the river, and was then rounding to at the coal dock on the American side, exhibiting her masthead and green lights to the Conemaugh.
 * 1) * 1899', Henry Billings Brown, The New York
 * she received a signal of two blasts from the steamer Burlington, which, with four barges in tow, had gone down the Canadian side of the river, and was then rounding to at the coal dock on the American side, exhibiting her masthead and green lights to the Conemaugh.