fore-and-aft sail

Noun
  1. Any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction (synset 103386622)
    is a type of: canvas, canvass, sail, sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
    subtypes:
    • gaff-headed sail, gaffsail - a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff
    • fore-and-aft topsail, gaff topsail - a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
    • jib - any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
    • lateen, lateen sail - a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
    • lug, lugsail - a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
    • mizen, mizzen - fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
    • spanker - a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
    • spritsail - a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
    • staysail - a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)
    has: luff - (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast

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