sail plan

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noun Naval Architecture.

a side elevation of a sailing vessel showing all sails and spars and some or all of the standing rigging, as if set directly fore-and-aft so that the true proportions are visible: sometimes combined with the rigging plan of the vessel.

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Origin of sail plan

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby sail plan

sailor hat, sailoring, sailor's-choice, sailor suit, sail-over, sail plan, sailplane, sail through, sail under false colors, sailyard, Saimaa

How to use sail plan in a sentence

There was a smart breeze to blow them home against the boiling stream, and the 'Navahoe's' big sail-plan helped her.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
The 'Calluna' put in an appearance, and when viewed broadside on her big sail-plan gave her quite an over-hatted look.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Figs. 38 to 40 give a general view, sail-plan and lines, of this ship as reconstructed.
Ancient and Modern Ships.|George C. V. Holmes
That same evening, Sea Maiden's sail plan was calculated, and drawn out.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various

Officers of men-of-war used to come on board to take the exact dimensions of her sail-plan.
The Mirror of the Sea|Joseph Conrad