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Definitions of sails 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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| In addition to a rudder and oars, most keelboats were equipped with these to aid travel |
| In her 1997 cruise, the ship made 4 knots using just 6 of these, 3 of them basketball court size |
| The roof of the Sydney Opera House has towers that were meant to resemble these |
| A "suit" is a complete set of these on a boat |
| What you're referring to when you talk about your jennies, marconis, & mizzens |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Netherlands.) The spinning blades on a windmill are called these, & they work on the same principle as those on a boat |
| The ship Argo Navis consists of Carina the keel, Puppis the poop & Vela which are these |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.) As the Opera House is located on the Harbour, it's fitting that the roof is made up of these sections, named for what they're designed to evoke |
| The Egyptians were the first known civilization to power boats using these, probably large leafy fronds on the bow |
| Nautical term for the canvas-covered blades of a windmill |
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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 |
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