Those to which a ship is reduced when going into action; formerly implying the courses and top-sails only.
·adj Qualified for war; fit for battle. II. Fighting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Fight>>. III. Fighting ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Kept in their respective fire-buckets at quarters, in readiness for night action only. There is usua...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Casks filled and placed on the decks, expressly for use in action. When the head was broken in, vine...
·noun The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. ...
All those on the after-masts, as well as on the stays between the main and mizen masts. Their effect...
See 'mudian. ...
The sails well set, and filled by the wind. ...
A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...
All above the topgallant-sails; also the studding-sails and flying jib. Men-of-war carry topgallant-...
The courses and close-reefed top-sails. ...
Top-gallant-studding-sails and the kites. ...
An obvious term. They should be pointed before stowing them away in the sail-room. ...
Colloquially applied to the courses; but the term may be used for any four-cornered sail extended to...
Fine-weather sails set outside the square-sails; the term "scudding-sails" was formerly used. ♦ To...
A corruption of studding-sails (which see). ...
The third sails above the decks: they are set above the topsail-yards, in the same manner as the top...
The second sails above the decks, extending across the top-masts, by the topsail-yards above, and by...
To loose and skin them afresh on the yards. ...
To unfurl them, and let them hang loose to dry; or the movement preparatory to "making sail." ♦ To...
The whole of the sails required to be bent for a vessel. ...
Jibs, staysails, and gaff-sails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards. They extend from the...
The order to reef by all hands, instead of the watch, or watch and idlers. ...
Those steeped in oak-bark. ...