make sail

Idioms  

1. see set sail.

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Example Sentences

When they got aboard the captain told the mate to take the sentries out of the boats, to make sail, and run in close out of the currents, as it was all right.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

The wind was off the land, and we let the boat drift before it a bit before attempting to make sail.

From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

And so they began to make sail, leaving the boats behind, for they could not hoist them up.

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de

Heave up the anchor, and make sail on the old bark!

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

I have thought we were in a fair way to make sail, a score of times, when some unforeseen difficulty hath arisen.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore