lest
French → English
(maritime) Ballast: heavy material like gravel or sand placed in a ship's hold to provide stability and proper immersion
Le marin a chargé le lest de galets humides dans le fond du bateau pour le stabiliser.
(English) The sailor loaded the wet pebble ballast into the bottom of the boat to stabilize it.
Sans un lest suffisant, le navire risque de chavirer par gros temps en pleine mer.
(English) Without sufficient ballast, the ship risks capsizing in rough weather on the open sea.
(aviation) Flight ballast: sandbags or water carried in a balloon or glider to be discarded to gain altitude or control performance
L'aéronaute a dû jeter du lest pour donner plus de légèreté au ballon et monter plus haut.
(English) The balloonist had to throw out ballast to give the balloon more lightness and climb higher.
Le pilote de planeur emporte de l'eau comme lest pour augmenter sa vitesse de croisière.
(English) The glider pilot carries water as ballast to increase his cruising speed.
Entry ID: fr:en:lest · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary