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GOOSE-WINGS
GOOSE-WINGS of a sail, the clues or lower corners of a ship's main sail, or fore-sail, when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard.The goose-wings are only used in a great storm to scud before the wind, when the sail at large, or even diminished by a reef, would be too great a pressure on the ship, in that situation.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 140, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0624.html