Nautical. An additional strip of canvas attached to the foot (formerly also the top) of a sail to catch more wind. Now chiefly historical.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > extra canvas laced to sail (5) bonnet1440 Nautical. An additional strip of canvas attached to the foot (formerly also the top) of a sail to catch more wind. Now chiefly historical. sail-bond?a1500 (? error for -bonet) = bonnet, n. 7 (cf. quot. 1475 at bonnet, n. 7). drabbler1594 An additional piece of canvas, laced to the bottom of the bonnet of a sail, to give it greater depth. dabbler1611 (See quot. 1611) Obsolete. puffball1933 Nautical slang. An extra section of canvas added to the bottom or edge of a sail; = save-all, n. 4. Cf. bonnet, n. 7. Now chiefly historical. |
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