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| catamaran |
a boat, usu. a sailboat, with parallel twin hulls. |
| catboat |
a broad-beamed sailboat with a single large sail on a mast set well forward. |
| centerboard |
on a sailboat, a flat wooden or metal keel that can be raised or lowered for greater stability while the boat is in motion. |
| dinghy |
a small open rowboat or sailboat used along the Indian coasts. [1/2 definitions] |
| midget |
one of a class of very small things, esp. a variety of very small racing car or sailboat. [1/5 definitions] |
| proa |
a swift, canoe-shaped Malay sailboat with one triangular sail and one outrigger. |
| sail |
to operate a sailboat. [1/12 definitions] |
| sloop |
a fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat with one mast, a mainsail, and a jib. |
| spinnaker |
a large, triangular, usu. brightly colored or striped sail set on a long spar and swung out opposite the mainsail when the wind is coming from behind the boat, used esp. in sailboat and yacht racing. |
| traverse |
a zigzag or lateral movement or route, as in the tacking of a sailboat or the descent of a skier. [1/11 definitions] |
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