wing-and-wing

English

Adverb

wing-and-wing (not comparable)

(nautical) Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.
(nautical) Sailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).

Translations

sailing with studding sails

Finnish: myötäpurjeet ylhäällä

sailing mainsail and headsails on different sides

Finnish: purjeet virsikirjalla

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