goosewing
Americannoun
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the weather clew of a square sail, held taut when the lee side of the sail is furled.
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either of the triangular areas of a square sail left exposed to the wind when the middle part is lashed to the yard during a gale.
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a triangular studdingsail.
Etymology
Origin of goosewing
1350–1400; Middle English, for literal sense. See goose, wing
Example Sentences
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Let you rise the ashes from the sods are on the hearth and redden them with a goosewing, if there is a goosewing to be found.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
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