A nautical term meaning to reduce the strain such as easing off the sheets thereby reducing the pressure on the sails during a squall and the consequent angle of heel of the yacht.
Ligama eliqhelekileyo elithetha ukuncitshiswa koxinzelelo njengokukhulula amashiti nto leyo enciphisa inxinzelelo kwiseyile ngexesha loqhwithelo oluqubulisayo kunye ne-engile yokuqethuka kwesikhephe esineseyile sogqatso.