Definition of sailing ship Sailing ship
sail•ing ship
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| sailing ship - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts | ||
| sailing vessel | ||
| watercraft, vessel skill in the management of boats | ||
| 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 a penal institution (especially on board a ship) | ||
| brigantine, hermaphrodite brig two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast | ||
| clipper ship, clipper scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural) | ||
| cutter a cutting implement; a tool for cutting | ||
| 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 an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish | ||
| 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 a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State" | ||
| 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 long slender pointed sable brush used by artists | ||
| sail, canvas, canvass, 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 the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand | ||
| square-rigger a square-rigged sailing ship | ||
| windjammer a large sailing ship | ||
| yard an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) | ||
| dandy, yawl a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | ||
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sailing ship
A vessel that is powered by the wind.
