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ROUNDING to ROYAL
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ROYAL
ROYAL, (boulingue, Fr.) a name given to the highest sail which is extended in any ship, it is spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail, to whose yard-arms the lower corners of it are attached. This sail is never used but in light and favourable breezes.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 248, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1104.html