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| bowline |
a rope used to keep the weather edge of a square sail pulled forward and the sail as flat as possible when sailing close-hauled. [1/2 definitions] |
| bunt2 |
the central area of a square sail. [1/2 definitions] |
| buntline |
one of the ropes used to haul up a square sail for securing it to the mast. |
| foresail |
the principal sail hung on the forward mast or stay, such as the lowermost square sail on a square-rigged ship, or the jib on a cutter. |
| hermaphrodite brig |
a sailing ship with a foremast that has square sails and a mainmast that has sails parallel to the keel. |
| junk2 |
a high-sterned, flat-bottomed boat of Chinese origin, driven by square sails. |
| square-rigged |
of a sailing vessel, outfitted with square sails. |
| yardarm |
either half of a spar that hangs at right angles across a mast to support a square sail. |
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