Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHAP'EL-ING
CHAP'EL-ET, or CHAP'LETCHAP'EL-LA-NY
CHAP'EL-ING, n.
The act of turning a ship round in a light breeze of wind, when close hauled, so that she will lie same way as before. – Mar. Dict.
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