sailing vessel
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1. a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | vessel, watercraft, |
| definition | : | a craft designed for water transportation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bark, barque, |
| definition | : | a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | brig, |
| definition | : | two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | brigantine, hermaphrodite brig, |
| definition | : | two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | clipper, clipper ship, |
| definition | : | a fast sailing ship used in former times (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cutter, |
| definition | : | a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dhow, |
| definition | : | a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | felucca, |
| definition | : | a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fore-and-after, |
| definition | : | sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | galleon, |
| definition | : | a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | indiaman, |
| definition | : | a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | ketch, |
| definition | : | a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | rigger, |
| definition | : | a sailing vessel with a specified rig (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sailboat, sailing boat, |
| definition | : | a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | schooner, |
| definition | : | sailing vessel used in former times (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sloop, |
| definition | : | a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | smack, |
| definition | : | a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | square-rigger, |
| definition | : | a square-rigged sailing ship (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | windjammer, |
| definition | : | a large sailing ship (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dandy, yawl, |
| definition | : | a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | boom, |
| definition | : | any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | gaff, |
| definition | : | a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | gaff-headed sail, gaffsail, |
| definition | : | a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | helm, |
| definition | : | steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | mast, |
| definition | : | a vertical spar for supporting sails (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | canvas, canvass, sail, sheet, |
| definition | : | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | yard, |
| definition | : | a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | weatherliness, |
| definition | : | (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | weatherly, |
| definition | : | (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled (adj.pert) |
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