square sail

See also: squaresail

English

Noun

square sail (plural square sails)

1. (nautical) A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships.

Translations

sail set athwartships in a yard

• Danish: råsejl n
• Dutch: razeil (nl) n
• Faroese: rásegl n
• Finnish: raakapurje (fi)
• German: Rahsegel n
• Hebrew: מִפְרָשׂ רָחְבִּי (he) m (mifras rokhbi)
• Italian: vela quadra f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: råseil n, råsegl n

  Nynorsk: råsegl n

• Swedish: råsegel (sv) n