Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
coup de gîte
English translation:
to heel
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Janet Ross Snyder
Jan 8, 2007 02:18
17 yrs ago
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French term
coup de gîte
French to English
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Le commandant a vu venir du nord des trains de houle.
Le roulis était d'environ 7 à 8°, et le tangage était régulier, la mer venant de l'avant bâbord.
Le navire a pris un COUP DE GÎTE très important, environ 30°, puis 2 autres coups de roulis.
Le roulis était d'environ 7 à 8°, et le tangage était régulier, la mer venant de l'avant bâbord.
Le navire a pris un COUP DE GÎTE très important, environ 30°, puis 2 autres coups de roulis.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | to heel |
Graham macLachlan
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| 3 | the ship took a list... |
Unbounded Arts
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to heel
I would say that a ship LISTS through the action of something on board (cargo, passengers...) and HEELS due to an outside force (sea, wind...) however the OED doesn't make this distinction.
'The ship heeled over, to about 30 degrees, and then rolled a couple more times.'
Indeed, COUP DE ROULIS is A ROLL
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:43:30 GMT)
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As the ship heels over, the centre of gravity generally remains fixed with respect to ... metacentric heights for any combination of pitch and roll motion, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacentric_height
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:44:51 GMT)
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Furling the square sails of a tall ship is hard labour needing many hands, ... dishes while the boat, at times, is heeled over as much as 30 degrees. ...
www.richarddonkin.com/tall_ships_race.shtml
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:49:32 GMT)
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I verified 'coup de roulis/a roll' and 'coup de gîte/to list or to heel' in the 'Dictionnaire des termes de marine, anglais - français par Jules Douady, 1910'
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:53:15 GMT)
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Indeed, looking on the web, LISTED seems to be either more permanent or due to ship board causes:
a computer glitch on the Carnival Legend last July caused the ship to list 14 degrees to the side...
www.yourlawyer.com/articles/read/12009
All crew were off the ship at 0430hrs, 12 hours 19 minutes after the hit, at which time the list had reached 35 degrees. HMS Ark Royal capsized and sank at ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)
Whether it was a 38 degree list I'm not sure - I've heard thirty as well. These huge ships are so top-heavy that stability does become a problem when the ...
digg.com/world_news/Cruise_Ship_Was_5_Degrees_From_Flipping
'The ship heeled over, to about 30 degrees, and then rolled a couple more times.'
Indeed, COUP DE ROULIS is A ROLL
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:43:30 GMT)
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As the ship heels over, the centre of gravity generally remains fixed with respect to ... metacentric heights for any combination of pitch and roll motion, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacentric_height
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:44:51 GMT)
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Furling the square sails of a tall ship is hard labour needing many hands, ... dishes while the boat, at times, is heeled over as much as 30 degrees. ...
www.richarddonkin.com/tall_ships_race.shtml
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:49:32 GMT)
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I verified 'coup de roulis/a roll' and 'coup de gîte/to list or to heel' in the 'Dictionnaire des termes de marine, anglais - français par Jules Douady, 1910'
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-08 07:53:15 GMT)
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Indeed, looking on the web, LISTED seems to be either more permanent or due to ship board causes:
a computer glitch on the Carnival Legend last July caused the ship to list 14 degrees to the side...
www.yourlawyer.com/articles/read/12009
All crew were off the ship at 0430hrs, 12 hours 19 minutes after the hit, at which time the list had reached 35 degrees. HMS Ark Royal capsized and sank at ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)
Whether it was a 38 degree list I'm not sure - I've heard thirty as well. These huge ships are so top-heavy that stability does become a problem when the ...
digg.com/world_news/Cruise_Ship_Was_5_Degrees_From_Flipping
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Comment: "Thank you. I think this describes accuately what the ship did."
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Unbounded Arts
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the ship took a list...
prendre de la gîte is to list or heel over ( to lean over to one side; temporary condition when the boat turns about her longitudinal axis in response to a heeling force, usually the wind )
Note from asker:
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kfpdavis
: I would say, rather,"the ship listed", as being the phrase commonly used; however "to list" would mean to remain at an angle, whereas here, it seems, the ship rolled back and forth several times
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Graham macLachlan
: 'the ship took a list' is perfect English, but I would use 'heel over' for the reasons laid out below
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