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square sail n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a rectangular or square sail set on a horizontal yard rigged more or less athwartships How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He laid himself down upon a folded sail, not interfering with anything whilst the bark prepared for sea; and, with its large, square sail, it was fairly out within two hours. , the same that blew now: and having no sails to work the ship with but a main course, and a kind of square sail upon a jury fore-mast, which they had set up, they could not lie near the wind, but were endeavouring to stand away for the Canaries. |
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square sail - a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast