Sentence example with the word 'headsails'

headsails

Last update: August 13, 2015


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The dripping red headsails of a bark glided out of the fog, and the "We're Here" rang her bell thrice, using sea shorthand.'   [Please select]

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Three times they tried and failed; each time the vessel slowly came up into the wind, but the heavy waves forced her head off again before the headsails filled.   [Please select]

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While Lawrence was trying to slacken headway and regain the desired position, the enemy's shot disabled his headsails, and the _Chesapeake_ came up into the wind with canvas all a-flutter.   [Please select]

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