lifting sail

noun

, Nautical.

1. a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat ( driving sail ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of lifting sail¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

She looked to leeward under the lifting sail and on her bow, well out in the open off Stave Island, she could make out the lines of an overturned canoe and two figures in the water.

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