square sail

See also: squaresail

English

Noun

square sail (plural square sails)

(nautical) A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships.

Translations

sail set athwartships in a yard

Danish: råsejl n
Dutch: razeil (nl) n
Faroese: rásegl n
Finnish: raakapurje (fi)
German: Rahsegel n
Hebrew: מִפְרָשׂ רָחְבִּי (he) m (mifras rokhbi)
Italian: vela quadra f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: råseil n, råsegl n

Nynorsk: råsegl n
Swedish: råsegel (sv) n

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