Windsail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Windsail is a noun meaning A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel.
Meaning
A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel.
More Meanings
- The sail or vane of a windmill.
Example Sentences
We were ventilated by a big canvas windsail, opening between the fore and main masts, and running down into the hold.
The dome in turning carries with it the windsails, M N, and their axle, P Q ; and thus the latter may be made to coincide with the direction of the wind, or the plane in which the radii of the sials turn may be made perpendicular to that direction.
Word Forms
- windsails
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wingsail, windsock, windmill, sail, spinnaker, fantail.
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