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单词 cross-sail
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cross-sailn.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1b(a).
Obsolete.
1. Nautical. A square-sail, i.e. one placed across the breadth of the ship (not fore-and-aft); formerly the large mainsail so placed; also a vessel with square-sails.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > square-sail
cross-sailc1400
square sail1600
square-header1882
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > square-rigged
cross-saila1618
square-rigger1855
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 102 Cachen vp þe crossayl, cables þay fasten.
a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 30 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Any Fleet of crosse sailes, with which they encounter.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 A crosse saile cannot come neerer the wind than six points.
2. plural. Sails (of a windmill) set cross-wise.
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1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica x. 73 So a windmillne consisteth..of all his essential parts, besides his crosse sales is ineffectuall and not able to grinde corne.

Derivatives

ˈcross-sailed adj. Obsolete ? having the cross-sail set, ready to sail.
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1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Civv Sens thou art crosse saylde, auale vnhappy booke.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 472 Tooke shippe, finding one crosse sayled, bound towards Africke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

cross-sailv.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a).
Obsolete.
intransitive. ? To sail across or over.
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1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 20 v A letter, to a Marchaunte Venterer, that was crossailed into Terra Florida.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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