sail plan

noun

, Naval Architecture.

1. a side elevation of a sailing vessel showing all sails and spars and some or all of the standing rigging, as if set directly fore-and-aft so that the true proportions are visible: sometimes combined with the rigging plan of the vessel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sail plan¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

There was a smart breeze to blow them home against the boiling stream, and the 'Navahoe's' big sail-plan helped her.

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The 'Calluna' put in an appearance, and when viewed broadside on her big sail-plan gave her quite an over-hatted look.

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Figs. 38 to 40 give a general view, sail-plan and lines, of this ship as reconstructed.

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That same evening, Sea Maiden's sail plan was calculated, and drawn out.

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Officers of men-of-war used to come on board to take the exact dimensions of her sail-plan.

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