VOILE deralinguée, a sail blown, or torn from the bolt.rope.

VOILE en banniere, a sail whose sheets be ing slackened or flown in a storm, flies loose, and flutters in the wind like a flag or ensign.

VOILE en pantenne, a sail shivering in the wind for want of being properly trimmed.

VOILE enverguée, a sail bent to it's yard.

VOILE latine, or VOILE à oreille de liévre.

See LATINE.

VOILE quarrée, a square sail, or sail which is nearly square; such as are the courses, top.sails, and top gallant.sails of all ships.

VOILES basses, the courses. See BASSE VOILE & PACFI.

VOILES de l'arriere, the after.sails.

VOILES de l'avant, the head.sails.

VOILES d' étai, the stay.sails. See ÉTAI.

VOILERIE, a sail.loft, or place where sails are constructed.

VOILIER, a sail.maker.

Bon VOILIER, or mauvais VOILIER, when expressed of a ship, implies a good or bad sailor, or one that sails swiftly or heavily.

VOILURE, a general name for all sorts of sails belonging to a ship.

VOILURE, a complete suit of sails, with their furniture; also the trim of the sails.

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