Usually means: Sailing with opposite sails set.
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  1. goosewinged: Merriam-Webster
  2. goosewinged: Wordnik
  3. goosewinged: Wiktionary
  4. goosewinged: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Goosewinged, goosewinged: Dictionary.com
  6. Goosewinged: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. goosewinged: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Goosewinged: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. goosewinged: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Goosewinged: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (goosewinged)

adjective:  (nautical) Having a goose wing; said of a fore-and-aft sailboat with the foresail set on one side (e.g. starboard) and mainsail on the other (e.g. port), often used when the boat is running (with the wind almost directly at the stern).

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