Sail
Of sailing vessel and piece of cloth. May also be referred to as canvas, canvass and sheet.
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
This concept's ID is @1~22613
Contains
- fore-and-aft sail
Any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft dir...
- topsail
A sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and...
- mainsail
The lowermost sail on the mainmast.
- headsail
Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.
- skysail
The sail above the royal on a square-rigger.
- balloon sail
Any light loose sail.
- royal
A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast.
- foresail
The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.
- main-topsail
A topsail set on the mainmast.
- reef
One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of...
- press of sail
The greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely.
- crossjack
The lowermost sail on a mizzenmast.
- topgallant
A sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast.
- save-all
A sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail.
- square sail
A four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast.