| 单词 | leg-of-mutton rig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg-of-mutton rig 3. Nautical. Designating a type of triangular sail, esp. a mainsail, now typically one used on a small craft where the sprit or boom stretches the clew of the sail without being fixed to the foot, and the foot of the sail normally extends below the boom. Chiefly in leg-of-mutton sail or leg-of-mutton rig. Also called mutton-ham sail (see mutton ham n. 2), shoulder of mutton sail, shoulder of mutton rig (see shoulder n. 4c(b)). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > of specific shape shoal1688 swallow-tailed1794 leg of mutton1848 swallow-winged1859 jib-headed1861 1848 Cork Mag. Sept. 700/2 The tempest suddenly lulled to a fresh breeze, before which we scudded under a leg of mutton sail. 1894 Outing May 148/1 The leg-of-mutton rig, whether combined with a jib or not, is the simplest and safest known. 1967 Mariner's Mirror 53 239 Sharpies were shoal-draft craft of hard-chine construction, rigged with two leg-of-mutton sails. 1969 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float (1976) xv. 182 I had not known we had a sail... Of leg-of-mutton cut, it was so thin and sere that what wind there was..blew right through it. 2003 Canad. Geographic Nov. 80/2 Like the rodney, the ‘double-ender’ had oakum caulking, two sets of oars and a take-down mast with a leg-o'-mutton sail for the ponds. < as lemmas |
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