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Definition of Moonsail
1. n. A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.
Definition of Moonsail
1. Noun. (nautical) A moonraker (sail). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonsail
1. a light, square sail [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonsail
Literary usage of Moonsail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Incidents of a Whaling Voyage: To which are Added Observations on the by Francis Allyn Olmsted (1841)
"Ships sometimes carry a sail above the royal, called the skysail, and sometimes,
though rarely, a sail above this called a moonsail. ..."
2. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"A sail above the moonsail is a star-gazer. Sky-scrap 'er. (Nautical.) A triangular
sky- sail. Slab. 1. The outside piece sawn from a log in squaring the ..."
3. The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of edited by Alexander Whitelaw (1835)
"... with skysail yards athwart, a moonsail to the main, and hoist enough for the
broad blue to show itself to good advantage above that But before the pilot ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... are set above a skysail, they are called, first, moonsail, second, star-gazer,
etc. Slag. [Ger. schlacke.] The vitrified cinders of a blasting furnace. ..."
5. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"A triangular sail set above the skysail; if square it would be a moonsail, and
if set above that, a star-gazer, &c. SLAB. The outer cut of a tree when sawn ..."
6. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"... with skysail yards athwart, a moonsail to the main, and hoist enough for the
broad blue to show itself to good advantage above that. ..."
7. A New Rig for Ships and Other Vessels: Combining Economy, Safety and Convenience by Robert Bennet Forbes (1851)
"... topgallant yard of a sloop, topsail yard of a brig; and the moonsail yard of
a line-of-battle ship, 41 feet long, is the skysail yard of the frigate, ..."
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