also: つめびらきで
at close reach; at close haul
Sailing term: sailing as close to the wind as possible while still making headway. The phrase is a set expression used adverbially.
See also: 詰め開き
The yacht sailed close-hauled toward the windward side.
Standard kanji spelling for this sailing term.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common but still used.
Alternate reading with rendaku; less common.
Compound of 詰め (tsume, 'pressing close') + 開き (hiraki, 'opening' or 'spread'), referring to the angle of the sails when close-hauled. The exact derivation is uncertain; the term is specialized sailing vocabulary.