| jib1 |
a sail that is shaped like a triangle and used in the front of a sailing boat. |
| jib2 |
to shift (a sail) from one side to the other while sailing before the wind; jibe. |
| jib boom |
a spar attached to and extending beyond the bowsprit of a sailing vessel, used to secure the jib or other headsail. |
| jibe1 |
to move a sail or boom to the other side while sailing before the wind. [3/4 definitions] |
| jolly boat |
a small boat usu. carried on the stern of a sailing vessel. |
| ketch |
a sailing vessel with two masts, the larger one forward and the smaller one aft just ahead of the rudder. |
| knockabout |
a small sailing vessel with a mainsail, jib, and keel, but no bowsprit. [1/3 definitions] |
| longboat |
the longest and largest boat carried by a merchant sailing ship. |
| luff |
the act of sailing into the wind. [1/5 definitions] |
| mainmast |
the principal or tallest mast of a sailing ship. |
| mainsail |
the principal, lowermost sail on the mainmast of a sailing ship. |
| mainstay |
a strong rope or cable that holds and steadies the mast of a sailing ship. [1/2 definitions] |
| maintop |
the platform positioned at the head of the mainmast on a square-rigged sailing vessel. |
| main-topmast |
the section of the mainmast on a sailing vessel that is positioned between the top and lower masts. |
| main yard |
the lowest transverse spar or pole on the mainmast, used to set the mainsail on a sailing vessel. |
| martingale |
in the rigging of a sailing ship, a stay that helps hold a sail down. [1/2 definitions] |
| mast1 |
a long, vertical pole that rises from the bottom of a sailing vessel to support the sails and rigging; spar. [1/2 definitions] |
| nautical |
having to do with the sea, sailing, or sailors. |
| pinnace |
a small sailing boat formerly used to accompany and tend a larger boat. [1/2 definitions] |
| piragua |
a sailing vessel having a flat bottom and two masts. [1/2 definitions] |
| plain sailing |
sailing on a clear, smooth, unimpeded course. [1/2 definitions] |