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goose wing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
goose wing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A position of sails in a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat, in which the mainsail is set to the leeward and the jib to the windward. This position may be used when running (almost) straight downwind. One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Inflected Forms

goose wings (plural)

Synonyms

gull wing wing and wing

Questions

What does goose wing mean?
A position of sails in a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat, in which the mainsail is set to the leeward and the jib to the windward. This position may be used when running (almost) straight downwind. One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

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