Check 1 : (1) To slow or ease; to check a line is to pay out just enough line to prevent its parting when under a strain. (2) To investigate or examine something
Compass (The National Training Portal of The U. S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps), appendix I, Glossary, VA, USA 2012. http://compass.seacadets.org/pdf/nrtc/bmr/14325_in d.pdf, (Mrtm/Nav - Amer) {558}