The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Working Sails

Sea Terms

All the regular sails of a vessel excepting such as are rigged specially in light breezes. Under the latter head would be studding sails for a ship, and club-topsails and balloon-sails for fore-and-aft vessels.

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