Brewer's: Atrip

The anchor is atrip when it has just been drawn from the ground in a perpendicular direction. A sail is atrip when it has been hoisted from the cap, and is ready for trimming. The word is from the Norwegian and Danish trip, a short step.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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