sailing ship - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several mastsbarque, bark - a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts boom - 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 brig - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts cutter - a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop dhow - a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs felucca - a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean gaff - a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail galleon - 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 helm - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered Indiaman - a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India ketch - a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails rigger - a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger" sail, canvass, canvas, sheet - a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel schooner - sailing vessel used in former times sloop - a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow smack - a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast yard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen yawl - a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost weatherliness - (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); "the Spanish ships had superior speed and weatherliness" weatherly - (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled |