The use of the MISC@1 word `` strike '' first appeared in NUMBER@1 , when sailors , in support of demonstrations in LOCATION@1 , `` struck '' or removed the topgallant sails of merchant ships at port , thus crippling the ships .

The word gets its name from modern times : in NUMBER@1 , sailors in LOCATION@1 `` struck '' or removed the sails of trade ships at port .
