| 单词 | square sail |
| 例句 | Directly ahead of him, across the river with its vivid, square sails, rose the high east bank and the other half of the ancient city of Thebes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Downward from this yard he wove on the wind's loom a sail of spells, a square sail white as the snows on Gont peak above. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Their square sails danced before the wind like sheets of paper. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I first went to Norway and was there on and off for four years working on the Sorlandet, which is, for lack of a better phrase, a pirate ship, with big square sails. Q&A: Billy Campbell, of AMC?s ?The Killing,? Enjoys Sailing Tall Ships 2012-03-16T18:33:00Z In earlier times, heavy ships, using square sails, moved slowly. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This versatile ship had triangular sails for maneuverability and square sails for power. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the ships under development use soft, square sails stacked onto masts, like the famously fast clipper ships of the 19th century, but with sleeker, larger designs. Can Massive Cargo Ships Use Wind to Go Green? 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Imagine a small collection of electronics, sensors, thrusters, cameras and a battery on a roughly one-centimetre-wide chip in the centre of a circular or square sail, roughly 4 metres wide — all weighing just a gram. What it would take to reach the stars 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The initial design called for a square sail roughly half a mile on a side — an area of almost 7 million square feet. Hoping to Set Sail on Sunlight 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The sail carried by this mast was a square sail of pretty good size, supported by a gaff at the top and a boom at the bottom. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z The first was a keel-boat, fifty-five feet long, carrying one large square sail and twenty-two oars. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Both these kind of vessels were provided with a mast, a square sail, and coils of cordage known by the name of cordelles. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z These bigger boats, furnished with square sails rather than the leg-o’-muttons they now flaunted, were commonly used to transfer merchandise, or even logs up and down the lake. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z These were "bonnetted" together, bent to the gaff, and sent aloft as a square sail, with the result that the boat's speed increased perceptibly. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Buntline, bunt′līn, n. a rope passing from the foot-rope of a square sail, led up to the masthead and thence on deck, to help in hauling the sail up to the yard. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The mainmast carried square sails, probably two in number. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z She was the only one that had sailing power, and that was merely a clumsy square sail, on one centre mast. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Once a squad of timber barges with square sails was passed. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The foot of the improvised square sail intercepted the view for'ard. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Men were in the rigging, now, setting the big, square sails. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z This one may have been of fifteen or twenty tons burden, with two masts, and square sails that were higher than they were wide. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z They were rigged like the larger vessels, with three masts and square sails. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z Most of the trip was made with paddles; but sometimes a square sail was hoisted on a pole forward. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z But the great, square sail was already bent upon the mast and one yard. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z The usual type of ships, with their huge square sail, could only run before the breeze. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z All three ships were rigged alike, having three masts, with square sails on the fore and mainmasts. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z “Mr. Wharton,” said he, looking back sternly over his shoulder, “get those square sails shaken out, and bear away a point more to the west.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z A galley was rigged with two masts, upon each of which a large square sail was hoisted. The Story of Malta In this case we see the mast is erected and a square sail set. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Each has a single, portable mast which carries one square sail. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia This vessel, you should know, had three masts and square sails like a ship. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read We were scudding before a gale of wind under a reefed square sail. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw With the decline of square sail, a new way of seafaring opened to us. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The sails were still square sails carried on spars, and the practice of reefing the sails to the spars aloft, instead of lowering spars and sails together on deck, had now become common. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Coming down the stream like an arrow, with a small square sail set well forward, was a keelboat, its hide-protected cargo rising a foot or more above the gunwale amidships. Bring Me His Ears She had three masts, and carried square sails like a ship, but she was called a sloop on account of her size. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read The two boats ahead of the strange craft were towing a square sail through the water by a line fastened to the middle of the same. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published Our friend and peacemaker—the influence of seafaring under square sail—languished a while, then died. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Apparently, oars were not used in this particular boat; the propulsion was effected by means of a single square sail. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Gad! there's no room in th' English Channel now for square sail, an' when ye——" "Sail O! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The bateau was a large flat-bottomed boat, built sharp both at bow and stern, with movable mast, square sail, and cross benches for the crew of five or six. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways The square sail at times aided the great bateau when the wind came upstream, but no sail could serve for long on so tortuous a water. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman The seascape is busy with a shipping that must remind the coastguard and lightkeepers of old and palmy days when square sail was standard at sea. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war These vessels were each rigged with a huge square sail. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships We sprang to the oars, shouting madly—shaping out of the mist was the loom of a square sail, there was sound of a bell struck. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Two of her masts had square sails, the mizzen being lateen-rigged. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose A square sail, furled at present, mounted on a single mast amidships would help the rowers when the wind was right. The Saracen: The Holy War A single mast was stepped amidships, and this supported the one large square sail which was all that ships of those days carried. Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly There was a single mast with a very large yard carrying a square sail. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships To fish, therefore, at Sand was an absurdity; but having heard that the Fiord abounded with seals, and wild fowl of every denomination, we hoisted a square sail on the gig, and turned privateers. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition They've one big, square sail of crazy-quilt work—raw silk, pieces of rubber boots, rattan matting, and grass cloth, all colors, all shapes of patches. It, and Other Stories The large square sails of the prahus, the variety of boats and canoes, the floating bazaar, and the numerous costumes continually in moving panorama before you, all combine to form a very admirable picture. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Of the boats in which the party was embarked, the batteau was a keel-vessel fifty-five feet in length, carrying a large square sail, and manned by twenty-two oars. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark The mainmast was furnished with a yard and square sail. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Their great square sails set to catch the favouring gale urged them onwards like homesick birds until they drew close to the entrance of the port, and the people flocked to meet them. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Moored to the bank was a fisherman's boat, at once solid and light, rigged Gallic fashion, with one square sail with flaps cut in its lower edge. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death First was a big keel boat, fifty-five feet long, with twenty-two oars and a big square sail. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri The order to clue up the square sails. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They were provided also with square sails pitched about amidships and were steered by a large paddle. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. These jægts, as they are called, have a single mast, with a large square sail, precisely like those of the Japanese fishing junks, and their hulls are scarcely less heavy and clumsy. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland There was a light mast which could be rigged up when the wind served, and carried a cross-yard and a square sail. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima But we spread the square sail, set out, and proceeded on!” The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Rigged as a bark, with no square sails on the mizen-mast. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Two types of vessels came into use—one, the clipper ship with square sails, was used for long ocean voyages; the other, the schooner, with fore-and-aft rigging, was employed mainly in the coast-trade. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges It was sharp at both ends, wall-sided, and fitted with oars, poles, and a square sail. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways She had one mast, forty feet high, to carry a crossyard and a square sail, and she had thirty-two oars, sixteen on each side. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The trireme was fitted with one mast and square sail, the latter being used only when the wind was fair, as auxiliary to the oars, especially when it needed to retire from battle. A History of Sea Power A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At this command all the square sails should have dropped from the yards at the same instant, but as a matter of fact, not half of them did drop. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany The nearest modern equivalent of her rig is that of a barque, though she carried a little square sail under her bowsprit and had no jibs, while her spanker had a most lateenish look. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Her foremast carried square sails; her main and mizzen masts were schooner-rigged. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Each mast carried two square sails, and in after days the Romans introduced triangular sails. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Ships having chiefly square sails; a term used in contradistinction to all vessels which do not use them. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. None being found, the lateen sails of the Pinta were altered into square sails. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold In addition she would have studding-sails to wing her square sails farther out. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways In making a sea passage there was great care taken that no chafing was going on to the foots of the square sails, nor to the rigging, when the yards were braced up against it. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century For running in high seas we put a large square sail forward, tripping the yard along the foremast, much like a spinnaker boom. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Also, a fair-weather square sail in some Mediterranean craft, and occasionally used for an awning. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It presented a quaint, foreign appearance, for the high square sail was exactly like that of a Chinese junk, while its flaming red color was irresistibly suggestive of the craft that ply in Venetian lagoons. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters The heads of square sails are made fast to yards, which are at right angles to the masts on which they pivot. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The youngest apprentice furled the royals and staysails, two other boys the topgallant sails, and all the crew, except the master, the larger square sails. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The weather sheets of the fore-staysail were eased off, and the square sails swung round. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) A Portuguese despatch boat, lateen-rigged, formerly in use; it had square sails only on the fore-mast, though dignified as a caravela. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Leif placed Anders in charge of his establishment, and, about grey dawn of a beautiful morning, the Snake once again shook out her square sail to the breeze and set sail for Vinland. The Norsemen in the West The square sails made fast to wide-spreading yards are the ones that take most hauling. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The best kind of sail is the lug, which is an elongated square sail—shown in the accompanying illustration. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships On this they hoisted a huge square sail, which was composed of alternate stripes of red, white, and blue cloth. Erling the Bold The span attached to the cringles on the leech of a square sail to which the bowline is toggled or clinched. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Wait a little, and as soon as the square sail is out of the way, you will see his wife. Percival Keene To effect this with the triangular sails a sheet must be slacked away or hauled more in; while, in the case of the square sails on the yards, a brace must be attended to. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Sometimes, however, a sloop carries one and even two square sails. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships There was but one great mast, forty feet high, and one enormous square sail to this ship. Erling the Bold Or literally the diagonal of a square sail. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As reports of this dissatisfaction came to the ears of the girls, they began straining their eyes for a square sail on the horizon. The Blue Envelope His voice rings out: 'Weather crossjack brace!' which means hauling the lowest and aftermost square sail more to windward. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Suppose, further, a square sail stretched between the two masts quite flat; and remember that this would be a fore-and-aft sail—namely, one extending along the length, not across the breadth of the vessel. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships When the wind is fair, two large square sails are hoisted; and as the vessel draws but little water, they send her rapidly along. Mark Seaworth It was a square sail cut like a studding-sail, and set with a great yard on the end of the spanker-boom, across the taffrail. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I had no topsails and no square sail. Hurricane Hurry A full-rigged clipper ship might have twenty-two square sails, though it was rare to see so many. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The three topsails were closely reefed; all the other square sails were furled. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It A spar to serve as a mast, with a square sail, had been brought off, and these being rigged the voyage was commenced. The Three Admirals It is also a name generally used to the courses, but sometimes given to the depth of the square sails in general; as, "Her main top-sail drops seventeen yards." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On seeing this, the schooner wore, and, setting a large square sail, ran off before the wind to the westward. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure The courses, or lowest square sails, have all come in before. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways There is a large boat, or a raft, with a square sail, to the south-east of us, which we will overhaul without delay.” The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Having plenty of canvas and spars, they also fitted a square sail; some sand-bags served for ballast, although the stores they intended to take would reader them at first unnecessary. The Three Admirals In the centre was a mast, with a large square sail set on it. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas Each boat was provided with a small mast and a large square sail. Three Boys in the Wild North Land They are furnished with a mast and a large square sail, both of which are stowed away when the wind is not favourable for sailing. By Canoe and Dog-Train The craft in which they carry on their nefarious calling are large junk-like vessels termed “praus,” with short, stumpy masts and huge square sails of woven matting stuff. The Castaways “As soon as we have daylight we will set the square sail, and make up for lost time,” said Tom. The Three Admirals Both of these paddles, together with twenty-three oars and two square sails, shaped somewhat like lugs and still attached to their yards, were found stowed fore and aft amidships on the vessel’s deck. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure The galley was a long open boat with a single square sail, and thwarts for twelve rowers. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess They were of more graceful build and had large square sails, but were of barely half the tonnage of the flagship. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Once, when the great emperor was in one of his cities on the Mediterranean coast, a fleet of the swift viking ships, known by their square sails, entered the harbor. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. She has thirty-two oars and a big square sail on a mast, which, like the one in the old Egyptian boat we were talking of in Chapter II, could be quickly raised or lowered. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas They carry an enormous square sail on a single mast, larger than any sail used on the greatest ships. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World His canoe, which he had requisitioned at Oswego, was of the largest size, and in addition to six Indian paddlers was provided with a square sail, for use before fair winds. At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear These boats carry a huge square sail set vertically from sheer legs, and are very fast. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Let me look.—She carries a square sail, amidships, as we do, but she is not a barge. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The first of those squalls went right through our large square sail, tearing it to shreds. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Just before reaching the cove she furled her square sail and took in the gaff-topsails—a proof that she was making port. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family When the wind served they hoisted their big square sail, our hero at the tiller. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 The cutter instantly lowered her square sail, and followed her example, continuing to fire a gun every minute. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent The breeze was fresh and steady, and with her square sail set and her mizzen furled she ran along at over nine knots an hour. The Queen's Cup Far away they could see the big square sail of a boat, swelled out in the light wind, and they knew that there was the river, on the banks of which stood the village. Old Peter's Russian Tales These are named koleh, are raised about two streaks on a sampan bottom, have one mast and an upright or square sail, but long in proportion to its breadth, which rolls up. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants We pushed up a tarpaulin on our paddles for a square sail, and covered the distance to the west shore of La Baye in a few hours. Montlivet The cutter followed her example, and hoisted a large square sail. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent Two minutes later the square sail was hoisted, and the foot boomed out on the port side. The Queen's Cup The spanker is sheeted home not by a sheet, but by an "outhaul," and kept in position not by a "brace," but by the "sheet," and thereby differs from the square sails. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Light square sails, for moderate weather, extended beyond the other square sails, to increase the normal spread of canvas. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence The height of her great square sail told, and little by little she drew ahead of us. A Sea Queen's Sailing The fore and main sail, being the lowest square sails, are called the courses. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Slack off the starboard runner; a couple of hands aft and get the square sail out of the locker. The Queen's Cup The snow was practically a brig, carrying a fore-and-aft sail on the mainmast, with a square sail directly above it. American Merchant Ships and Sailors A hole cut in the square sail enables the voyager to see ahead. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries There are few like him left, for the art of sailing is nearly a lost art, and the difficulty of getting men who can handle square sails is extraordinary. Sister Teresa The bowlines are ropes attached to the leeches of square sails to draw the edge forward, so that they may take the wind better. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat But many superstitions had survived the abolished square sails. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Barks, ketches, snows, and brigantines carried fore-and-aft rigs in connection with square sails on either mast, but now for the first time two masts were rigged fore and aft, and the square sails wholly discarded. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The square sail had been lowered, and the engines started, and a steady, faint throb kept the yacht mysteriously alive in every plank of her. The Lion's Share With every square sail tugging hard at her sturdy masts, she smote and over-rode the waves, and, beating them down, maintained an unvarying, stubborn poise. Half A Chance As Felix watched he saw her square sail again raised, showing that she had reached a spot where the hills ceased to shut off the wind. After London Or, Wild England He had a boat about twenty-five feet long by eight wide, with a single mast carrying a square sail. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life I was waked by the clapping to of the cabin door and the thunder of the wind in the great square sail as the ship went on the other tack. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Occasionally the huge square sail gave an idle flap. The Lion's Share They manage these boats with a paddle instead of a rudder, and use a square sail, and they sail with incredible swiftness, twenty or even twenty-four miles in an hoar. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. She sailed fast, having the wind nearly aft, which suited her two square sails. After London Or, Wild England Every soudna I saw had but one mast which carried a square sail. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life There was also a stout mast, upon which, when the wind served, a wide-spreading square sail might be hoisted. The Thirsty Sword Elizabeth's had square sails prophetic of the frigate's. Elizabethan Sea Dogs When Cutler joined him he was making his way up the Ohio in a big keel-boat, propelled by ten oars and a square sail. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 That sounds like a slow business; but the Brooks was a clipper-built vessel with three masts and a lot of sails—square sails, fore-and-aft sails, jib sails, and all that sort of thing. The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories "Mr. Wharton," said he, looking back sternly over his shoulder, "get those square sails shaken out and bear away a point more to the west." The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales Others, coming in, their square sails set, and with almost arrowy speed, though heavily laden with dusky forms, and all the apparatus of their household. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 Studding-Sails are long and narrow, and are used only in fine weather, on the outside of the large square sails. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 This we did with the ship's head to the westward, without touching a brace, though we luffed sufficiently to throw the wind out of all the square sails. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" This mast was to have a square sail, which would only be useful when the wind was aft. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude There was about a five-knot breeze, and we had all our square sails set, knowing it was necessary to go a little faster than our adversary, to catch up with him. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale They have short masts with large square sails. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Before us, as we steamed on, the sea-surface appeared to become suddenly speckled with queer craft previously invisible—light, long fishing- boats, with immense square sails of a beautiful yellow colour. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series We had painted ports upon her sides, and we had rigged her with a single square sail. Jim Davis The fjord rowboats, as a rule, are light and pointed, with upright and high prow, and they carry a square sail. Norwegian Life The broad square sail was of cherry-red color, and in excellent correspondence, the oars, sixty to a side, were painted a flaming scarlet. The Prince of India — Volume 01 This great sail gave her vast power, when close hauled; and she carried a square sail on the foremast, and a square sail on either topmast. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Some were moved by sails only; these were merchant ships, but they had only square sails, and could not sail in any other way than before the wind. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder Here, on the edge of the reeds a tall pole that served as a mast was shipped, and a square sail, made of closely-woven mats, run up. Allan and the Holy Flower The boat carried a small square sail, which was used when running before the wind. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce Other ships are more completely decked, and depend on two square sails in the place of one. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life During the four hundred years in which the Norse ships went from Europe to Greenland, their navigators had neither chart nor compass, and they sailed huge open boats, carrying only a great square sail. The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada One stately mast of pine serves to carry a square sail made of cloth, brilliant with stripes of red, white, and blue. Letters from High Latitudes He laid himself down upon a folded sail, not interfering with anything whilst the bark prepared for sea; and, with its large square sail, it was fairly out within two hours. The Vicomte De Bragelonne The tackle was that required for the management of one great square sail and the yard to which it was hung. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ The propulsion comes from a single unwieldy square sail swinging on a long yard the whole length of the vessel. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The Nina will do better with square sails and we can change these. 1492 He laid himself down upon a folded sail, not interfering with anything whilst the bark prepared for sea; and, with its large, square sail, it was fairly out within two hours. Ten Years Later The largest, a keel-boat, fifty-five feet long and drawing three feet of water, carried a big square sail and twenty-two seats for oarsmen. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 The Pinta, right from stem to stern, rode the blue water; the Nina had her great square sails. 1492 |
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