The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hove \Hove\, imp. & p. p. of Heave.
Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
Usage examples of "hove short".
We were not so much as bidden to strike sail now, and the Vikings began to crowd forward in order to board us by the stern, as the grappling chain was hove short by their windlass.
Vanslyperken, under the eye of his superior officer, could not dally or delay: he hove short, hoisted his mainsail, and fired a gun as a signal for sailing.
The cable was all but hove short, as were those of the other two-deckers.
See that all boats are secured, and then be so good as to have the anchor hove short.
Having hove short, cast off the gaskets, and made the bunt of each sail fast by the jigger, with a man on each yard, at the word the whole canvas of the ship was loosed, and with the greatest rapidity possible everything was sheeted home and hoisted up, the anchor tripped and cat-headed, and the ship under headway.