veer : Idioms & Phrases
To pay out the cable , To veer out the cable
- to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole.
Webster 1913
To veer and haul
(Naut.) , to vary the course or direction; said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.(Naut.) , to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten.
Webster 1913
To veer away ∨ out
(Naut.) , to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out;as, .to veer away the cable;to veer out a rope