verb
- past tense of laveer; to tack or maneuver a sailing vessel against the wind
Usage: nautical; archaic
Examples
- The captain laveered skillfully through the narrow channel.
- They laveered against the strong headwinds for hours.
- The old sailor laveered his boat toward the harbor.
- Having laveered successfully, they reached calmer waters.
- The crew laveered repeatedly to make progress upwind.