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The answer SAIL has 489 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of sail in various dictionaries:
noun - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
noun - an ocean trip taken for pleasure
noun - any structure that resembles a sail
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Flying jib, e.g. |
| Leave dock |
| Go yachting |
| Breeze (through) |
| Crossjack, e.g. |
| Romp |
| Brave the waves |
| Be gone with the wind |
| Spanker or jib |
| Word with boat or plane |
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| In the 1960s Hoyle Schweitzer & Jim Drake added one of these to a surfboard to help create a new sport |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Sail, B9, FRANCE |
| Sail, Kyongsang-bukto, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Sail, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA |
| Sail, Coimbra, PORTUGAL |
| Sail, Makkah, SAUDI ARABIA |
| Sail, Kangwon-do, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Sail description |
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A sail is a tensile structuremade from fabric or other membrane materialsthat uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may be made from a combination of woven materialsincluding canvas or polyester cloth, laminated membranes or bonded filamentsusually in a three- or four-sided shape. * A sail provides propulsive force via a combination of lift and drag, depending on its angle of attackits angle with respect to the apparent wind. Apparent wind is the air velocity experienced on the moving craft and is the combined effect of the true wind velocity with the velocity of the sailing craft. Angle of attack is often constrained by the sailing craft's orientation to the wind or point of sail. On points of sail where it is possible to align the leading edge of the sail with the apparent wind, the sail may act as an airfoil, generating propulsive force as air passes along its surfacejust as a |