| 单词 | fore-and-aft sail |
| 释义 | fore-and-aft sail (once / 437753 pages) n WORD FAMILY fore-and-aft sail USAGE EXAMPLESThe catboat was sixteen feet over all, with its mast stepped well forward, of course, carrying a large fore-and-aft sail with gaff and boom. Marlowe, Amy Bell, Wyn's Camping Days—or, The Outing o...(2010) The act of shifting over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail from one side of the vessel to the other. Belcher, Edward, Sir, The Sailor's Word-Book—An Alphabet...(2010) The snow was practically a brig, carrying a fore-and-aft sail on the mainmast, with a square sail directly above it. Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John), American Merchant Ships and Sailors(2010) n any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction Hypo|Hyper gaff-headed sail, gaffsail a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff fore-and-aft topsail, gaff topsaila triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast jibany triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) lateen, lateen saila triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean lug, lugsaila sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast mizen, mizzenfore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast spankera fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel spritsaila fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit staysaila fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) flying jibthe outermost of two or more jibs canvas, canvass, sail, sheet a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
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