Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
 
Help

goosewing

 - 1 dictionary result

goose⋅wing

[goos-wing]
–noun Nautical.
1. the weather clew of a square sail, held taut when the lee side of the sail is furled.
2. either of the triangular areas of a square sail left exposed to the wind when the middle part is lashed to the yard during a gale.
3. a triangular studdingsail.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME, for literal sense. See goose, wing
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To goosewing
Search another word or see goosewing on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: