Meanings
adverbwing-and-wing (not comparable)
- not comparablenauticalSailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.
- not comparablenauticalSailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).
Translations
Finnish myötäpurjeet ylhäällä, purjeet virsikirjalla
- myötäpurjeet ylhäälläsailing with studding sails
- purjeet virsikirjallasailing mainsail and headsails on different sides
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