wing-and-wing

English

Adverb

wing-and-wing (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.
2. (nautical) Sailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).

Translations

sailing with studding sails

• Finnish: myötäpurjeet ylhäällä

sailing mainsail and headsails on different sides

• Finnish: purjeet virsikirjalla