Usually means: Sail rigged perpendicular to mast.
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  1. square sail: Merriam-Webster
  2. square sail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. square sail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. square sail: Collins English Dictionary
  5. square sail: Vocabulary.com
  6. square-sail, square sail: Wordnik
  7. square sail: Wiktionary
  8. square sail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. square sail: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. square sail: Dictionary.com
  11. Square sail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. square sail: Rhymezone
  13. square-sail: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. square sail: FreeDictionary.org
  15. square sail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. square sail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (nautical) A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships.

Similar:
sail, shoulder-of-mutton sail, gaff sail, saile, headsail, course, balloon sail, staysail, lugsail, sheet, more...

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sail, shoulder-of-mutton sail, gaff sail, saile, headsail, course, balloon sail, staysail, lugsail, sheet, more...



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