S
SADDLE to To strike SAIL
SAILING to SALUTE
SALUTE to SCHOONER
SCOOP to SEA-COAST
SEA-CLOTHS to SENDING
SENNIT to SHANK
SHANK-PAINTER to SHEET
SHANK-PAINTER
To SHAPE the course
SHARP
SHEATHING
SHEAVE
SHEEP-SHANK
SHEER
SHEERING
SHEERS
SHEET
SHEET-ANCHOR to SHIP
SHIP to SHIP-SHAPE
SHIPPING to SHOT
SHOT to SLAB-LINE
SLACK-WATER to SNATCH-BLOCK
SNOTTER to SPILL
SPILLING-LINES to SPRING A LEAK
SPRINGING THE LUFF to SQUALL
SQUARE to STANDING-WATER
STARBOARD to STEM
STEMSON to STEWARD
STIFF to STRAKES or STREAKS
STRAND to STUDDING-SAILS
STUFF to SWEEPER of the sky
SWEEPING to To SWING
Search
Contact us
SHEET
SHEET, (écoute, Fr.) a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain it in a particular station. See CLUE and SAIL.When a ship sails with a lateral wind, the lower corner of the main and fore sail are fastened by a tack and a sheet; the former being to windward and the latter to leeward: the tack, however, is entirely difused with a stern wind; whereas the sail is never spread without the assistance of one or both of the sheets.
The stay-sails and studding-sails have only one tack and one sheet each: the stay-sail tacks are always fastened forward, and the sheet drawn aft; but the studding-sail-tack draws the outer clue of the sail to the extremity of the bottom; whereas the sheet is employed to extend the inmost. To haul home the SHEET. See HOME.
 |
Reference Works |  |
© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 261, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1181.html