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Noun Concept

Categories: Nautical terms, Sailing rigs and rigging, Articles with short description

sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind WordNet 3.0

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(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In sailing, a sheet is a line used to control the movable corner of a sail. Wikipedia

On a sailing boat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side. Wikipedia

A line, cable or chain used to control the clew of a sail Wikipedia Disambiguation

A rope that gives support to the masts in sailing ships Wikipedia Disambiguation

One of the lines on a sail ship Wikidata

The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail. Wiktionary

Rope connecting to mainsail. Wiktionary (translation)

A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail. Wiktionary

Rope to adjust a sail. Wiktionary (translation)

Sail. Wiktionary (translation)

One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate. Wiktionary

To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud

Wikipedia

sheet (sailing), shroud (sailing)

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sheet, shroud

Wiktionary

mainsheet, sheet, shroud

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chain plates, Jib-sheet, jib sheet, jibsheet, Main-sheet, main sheet, mainsheet, Sailboat shroud, Sailboat Shroud, Sheet (sail), shrouds (sailing), Spinnaker-sheet, Spinnaker sheet, three sheets to the wind