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wind sail

[ wind ]

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a sail rigged over a hatchway, ventilator, or the like, to divert moving air downward into the vessel.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wind sail1

First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences

The snow pattered against the cloth stretched like a wind-sail from their flanks to the rising front of the sleigh.

In the morning there being a fair wind sail was set, and next day all on board were safely landed at Annapolis.

The deck lumbered as when we left her, and not a wind-sail up!

An awning was provided, and a wind-sail furnished to conduct fresh air between the decks during the day.

The huge sunbonnet stiffly swung around like the wind-sail of a ship and stared at the horizon.

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