brace of shakes
plural of bedstead
(nautical) The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind. / (idiomatic) A very short time.
To archaize.
(medicine, historical, usually postpositive) Of a bodily humour: abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
船長は、船が風に入るときに帆が二度震えるのにかかる時間を慎重に測り、それが帆の調整のタイミングを左右することを知っていた。
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