| 单词 | fore-stay-sail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfore-stay-sail b. A sail hoisted on the fore-stay; in full fore-stay-sail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay jib1661 jib-sail1751 fore-stay1753 headstay1805 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxiii. 152 With great difficulty we wore the ship with the foresail and forestaysail. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 19 And the fore-stay-sail balances before. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) vi. 214 The jib is the forestay. < as lemmas |
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