sailing ship

sailing ship

n (Nautical Terms) a large sailing vessel

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sailing ship - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several mastssailing vesselbarque, bark - a sailing ship with 3 (or more) mastsboom - any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooringbrig - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both mastsbrigantine, hermaphrodite brig - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmastclipper ship, clipper - a fast sailing ship used in former timescutter - a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloopdhow - a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabsfelucca - a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterraneanfore-and-after - sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft riggaff - a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sailgaff-headed sail, gaffsail - a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaffgalleon - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centurieshelm - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steeredIndiaman - a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with Indiaketch - a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpostmast - a vertical spar for supporting sailsrigger - a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger"sail, canvass, canvas, sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vesselsailboat, sailing boat - a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mastschooner - sailing vessel used in former timessloop - a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bowsmack - a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coastsquare-rigger - a square-rigged sailing shipvessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportationwindjammer - a large sailing shipyard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateendandy, yawl - a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpostweatherliness - (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind); "the Spanish ships had superior speed and weatherliness"weatherly - (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled

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