English Explanatory Dictionary

goose wing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A position of sails in a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat, in which the mainsail is set to the leeward and the jib to the windward. This position may be used when running (almost) straight downwind. One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Word forms

goose wing goose wings

Synonyms

gull wing wing and wing
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