Phrases related to: aback

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box off	To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace aback	to bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the ship	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brace abox	To bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
broach to	To incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take aback	To surprise or shock; to discomfit.	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)
take aback	Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
well, i'll be dipped (in a barrell of beer!)	When one is completely taken aback by the facts at hand. Can be expressed in both elation and/or frustration. Also, depending on the level of either of the forementioned emotions, the phrase goes from the simple short version of, "(Well), I'll Be Dipped.(!) to the extended version of, "(Well), I'll be Dipped In A Barrell of Beer.(!)	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)