DCHP-3

jack-knife

North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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v.

of a tug, push (barges) ahead in a zigzag fashion.

Quotations

1949
Captains "jacknifed" the barges ahead of them by means of ropes and tackles.