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square sail

noun as in four-sided sail

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There was no sign of an anchor, a mast or the square sail typically used by Mediterranean trade ships of the time.

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.

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.

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.

It will accommodate 14 long oars and has a small, square sail.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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