sailing ship

(Nautical Terms) a large sailing vessel

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sailing ship - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

sailing vessel

barque, bark - a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

boom - any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

brig - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

brigantine, hermaphrodite brig - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast

clipper ship, clipper - a fast sailing ship used in former times

cutter - a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

dhow - a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

felucca - a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean

fore-and-after - sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig

gaff - a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail

gaff-headed sail, gaffsail - a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff

galleon - a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

helm - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

Indiaman - a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India

ketch - a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost

mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails

rigger - 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 vessel

sailboat, sailing boat - a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

schooner - sailing vessel used in former times

sloop - a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow

smack - a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

square-rigger - a square-rigged sailing ship

vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation

windjammer - a large sailing ship

yard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

dandy, yawl - a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

weatherliness - (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

Translations

voilier

nave a vela

sailing ship

n → veliero

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