studding sail
Webster Dictionary
a light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail
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topsail
Webster Dictionary
in a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship
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brail
(ɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
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prick
Webster Dictionary
to run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail
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spanker
Webster Dictionary
the after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail
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fore-topgallant
Webster Dictionary
designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail
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topsail
(topsail)
Princeton's WordNet
a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
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reef
(reef)
Princeton's WordNet
one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
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gore
Webster Dictionary
a wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part
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save-all
(save-all)
Princeton's WordNet
a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
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topsail
(ˈtɒpˌseɪl;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
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bowline
(ˈboʊ lɪn, -ˌlaɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a rope fastened to the leech of a square sail to keep the sail as flat as possible when sailing close-hauled.
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earing
(ˈɪər ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a rope with a cringle, used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
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yard
(ɑrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail, lateen sail, or lugsail is bent.
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windsurfing
(ˈwɪndˌsɜr fɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a form of sailing in which a person stands on a surfboard mounted with a flexible sail and guides the craft by maneuvering the sail.
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staysail
(ˈsteɪˌseɪl;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.
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buntline
Webster Dictionary
one of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in
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foresail
Webster Dictionary
the sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast
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water sail
Webster Dictionary
a small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water
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driver
Webster Dictionary
the after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker
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ringtail
Webster Dictionary
a light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail
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lugsail
Webster Dictionary
a square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail
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cruise
Webster Dictionary
to sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure
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sackcloth
Webster Dictionary
linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence
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reef
Webster Dictionary
that part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind
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down
Webster Dictionary
hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound
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save-all
Webster Dictionary
a small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it
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tack
Webster Dictionary
the part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)
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boltrope
Webster Dictionary
a rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail
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royal
Webster Dictionary
a small sail immediately above the topgallant sail
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