full sail
noun
all the sails of a vessel.
full-sailed
-
a word derived from
full sail.
Example Sentences
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Look at the crowded life on yonder frigate, coming in full-sailed before the steady sea-breeze.
From Malbone: an Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
I do begin To feel an alteration in my nature, And in his full-sailed confidence a shower Of gentle rain, that falling on the fire Hath quenched it.
From Night and Morning, Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
"Is that my darlin' Major Yeates?" shouted the cook, tacking again and bearing down on me full-sailed.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
“He said it over-right all that was in the house, and he reddening his pipe at the fire,” replied Mrs. Brickley, in full-sailed response to the helm.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
"He said it over-right all that was in the house, and he reddening his pipe at the fire," replied Mrs. Brickley, in full-sailed response to the helm.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
