Usually means: Maneuver to reverse a ship's direction.
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  1. about ship: Merriam-Webster
  2. about-ship, about-ship: Collins English Dictionary
  3. about ship: Wiktionary
  4. about ship: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. about-ship, about ship: Dictionary.com
  6. about-ship: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. about ship: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (about ship)

verb:  (intransitive) Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.

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