Under bare poles

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(Naut.)

having no sail set.

See also: Bare

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Pole Spoom			The gay little garden of the schoolmaster's bride was rather a forlorn place now, and the Lombardies and birches were under bare poles, as Captain Jim said. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context We did better than that, sir," said the old sailor respectfully; "we put the helm up to run before the tempest; ten minutes after we struck our tops'ls and scudded under bare poles. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context We must have been caught nearly at the centre of this circular storm, and Wolf Larsen ran out of it and to the southward, first under a double-reefed jib, and finally under bare poles. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context			undefiled undefinable Undefine undefined Undeify undelete undelineated undeliverable undelivered undemanding undemocratic undemocratically undemonstrative undeniable undeniably undenominational Undepartable undependability undependable undependableness undependably undepicted under under arms under attack Under bare poles Under canvas Under correction Under cover Under covert under fire Under foot Under ground under it under obligation Under one's breath Under one's signature Under one's thumb Under open sky Under sail Under sentence under that Under the breath under the circumstances Under the hand of Under the harrow Under the lee Under the lee of Under the rose Under the sun under the table			under a deadline Under a Killing Moon under a microscope under a sense of impending death under a spell under a vow Under Accumulator of Wealth under advisement Under Age Under Age Under Agreement Under Agreement Dated Under Allowance under arm under arm under arm under arm under arm Under Armor Auxiliary Power Unit Under Armour Under Armour, Inc. under arms under arms under arrest under arrest under attack under attack Under Authority Of under average Under Balanced Drilling Under bare poles under belt under belt under belt under belt under belt Under Body Armour Shirt Under Bonnet Alarm Switch under breath under breath under breath under breath under breath under canvas under canvas under care Under caution under certain circumstances under certain conditions under color under color under color under compulsion under consideration Under Construction Under Construction Under Construction Always Under Construction Indefinitely under control Under correction Under Counter

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