Going Off Large
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Having the wind course to either side, proceed straight forward or return to the point from which she started; Ward v. The Fashion, Fed. Cas. No. 17,165. It differs technically from “going before the wind” which means that the wind is free, comes from the stern and the yards are braced square across, whereas going off large is when the wind blows from a point abaft the beam or from the quarter; Hall v. The Buffalo, Fed. Cas. No. 5,927.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
See "Going before the Wind," supra.
Defined under Going in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
This is a nau. tical phrase, and signifies having the wind frees on either tack. 1 Newb. Adm. 8, 26; 6 Mc Lean, 152, 170. A vess:], in nautical technicality, “is going off large’- when the wind blows from some point “abaft tle beam;” is going “be- ’ ship are bracedsquareacross. 1 Newb. Adin, 115.