in irons

Nautical

Lying head to the wind without steerageway and thus unable to turn either way.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pallavi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Leatrice	-	English
Ruwa	-	Arabic
Panni	PAWN-nee	Hungarian
Alexandrine	al-eg-zan-DREEN (French), ah-lek-sahn-DREE-nə (German)	French, German
Storm	STORM (English)	English (Modern), Danish, Norwegian