#sail__canvas__canvass__sheet a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
supertype: piece_of_cloth__piece_of_material a piece of fabric
part of: sailing_vessel
subtype: balloon_sail__balloonsail any light loose sail
subtype: crossjack__mizzencourse the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast
subtype: fore-and-aft_sail any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
subtype: gaffsail__gaff-headed_sail a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff
subtype: gaff_topsail__fore-and-aft_topsail a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
subtype: jib any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
subtype: flying_jib the outermost of two or more jibs
subtype: lateen_sail__lateen a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean
subtype: lugsail__lug a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
subtype: mizzen__mizen fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
subtype: spanker a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel
subtype: spritsail a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
subtype: staysail a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)
subtype: foresail the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
subtype: headsail any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
subtype: spinnaker large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind
subtype: mainsail the lowermost sail on the mainmast
subtype: main_course a square mainsail
subtype: main-topsail a topsail set on the mainmast
subtype: press_of_sail__press_of_canvas the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely
subtype: royal a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
subtype: save-all.sail__saveall a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
subtype: skysail the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
subtype: square_sail a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast
subtype: topgallant_sail__topgallantsail__topgallant a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast
subtype: topsail a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
subtype: fore-topsail the topsail on a foremast
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