单词 | square sail |
释义 | square sail (once / 32832 pages) n WORD FAMILY square sail: square sails USAGE EXAMPLESThe initial design called for a square sail roughly half a mile on a side — an area of almost 7 million square feet. New York Times(Jan 26, 2015) The first was a keel-boat, fifty-five feet long, carrying one large square sail and twenty-two oars. Bulfinch, Thomas, Oregon and Eldorado—or, Romance of...(2012) Both these kind of vessels were provided with a mast, a square sail, and coils of cordage known by the name of cordelles. Casseday, Ben, The History of Louisville, from the...(2012) n a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast Hyper canvas, canvass, sail, sheet a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
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