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DEPART |
Set sail |
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LOOSE |
To set sail. |
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BLOOMED |
Blossomed after ship set sail |
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SAIL |
To set sail; to begin a voyage. |
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HEADSAIL |
Any sail set forward of the foremast. |
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FORESAIL |
The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner. |
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SKYSAIL |
The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail. |
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SPINNAKER |
A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when
running before the wind. |
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RINGTAIL |
A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a
boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. |
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SAVE-ALL |
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another
sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. |
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WATER SAIL |
A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under
a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water. |
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JIB |
A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from
the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large
vessels often c... |
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SPENCER |
...inmast,
hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no
boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after i... |
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STUDDING SAIL |
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 w... |
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TOPSAIL |
...hip. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the
sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. ... |