square sailn.

Etymology: square adj.

(a) A four-sided sail supported by a yard slung across the vessel. (b) A flying sail set on the fore-mast of a schooner or the mast of a sloop or cutter.

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cross-sailc1400

square sail1600

square-header1882

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 309 For which cause they shortned their yardes, prouiding square sailes.

1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 117 As the Cutter was coming up to us, her square Sail splitted.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Scudding A ship..scuds with a sail extended on her fore mast... In sloops and schooners..the sail employed for this purpose is called the square-sail.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 127 The cross-jack, or square-sail.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 40 The trows [which navigate the Severn]..carry a square-sail, and have a mainmast and topmast.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 604/2 Square sails, those set upon such yards as have lifts and braces, regardless of their proportions.

attributive.1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 162 The Square-sail-boom is lashed across the deck of vessels with one mast, to spread the foot of the square-sail.1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. II. (at cited word) A sloop's or cutter's sail, which hauls out to the lower yard, called the square-sail-yard.1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 109 Cross-jack-yard..in a sloop or schooner also gets the name of the square sail yard.1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 366 Square sail boom, a boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore part of the foremast in any fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, for the purpose of booming out the square-sail, and setting the lower studding-sail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	square sail
释义	square sailn. Etymology: square adj. (a) A four-sided sail supported by a yard slung across the vessel. (b) A flying sail set on the fore-mast of a schooner or the mast of a sloop or cutter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > square-sail cross-sailc1400 square sail1600 square-header1882 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 309 For which cause they shortned their yardes, prouiding square sailes. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 117 As the Cutter was coming up to us, her square Sail splitted. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Scudding A ship..scuds with a sail extended on her fore mast... In sloops and schooners..the sail employed for this purpose is called the square-sail. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 127 The cross-jack, or square-sail. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 40 The trows [which navigate the Severn]..carry a square-sail, and have a mainmast and topmast. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 604/2 Square sails, those set upon such yards as have lifts and braces, regardless of their proportions. attributive.1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 162 The Square-sail-boom is lashed across the deck of vessels with one mast, to spread the foot of the square-sail.1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. II. (at cited word) A sloop's or cutter's sail, which hauls out to the lower yard, called the square-sail-yard.1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 109 Cross-jack-yard..in a sloop or schooner also gets the name of the square sail yard.1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 366 Square sail boom, a boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore part of the foremast in any fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, for the purpose of booming out the square-sail, and setting the lower studding-sail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1600
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