square sail
a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships.
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How to use square sail in a sentence
The end of the whale line was then hooked to the clewline of the fore-square-sail, which had been detached for the purpose.
Down the Rhine | Oliver OpticShe's a brigantine, and there are sprits'ls on both masts, and only one square sail on the foremast.
Somehow Good | William de MorganBoth these kinds of vessels were provided with a mast, a square sail, and coils of cordage known by the name of cordelles.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. AudubonIf it goes round a point more we will get the square-sail ready for hoisting.
The Queen's Cup | G. A. HentyThe cutter followed her example, and hoisted a large square sail.
With Wolfe in Canada | G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for square sail
nautical a rectangular or square sail set on a horizontal yard rigged more or less athwartships
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