cruise
sail | an ocean trip taken for pleasure |
| balloon sail | any light loose sail |
| batten | a strip fixed to something to hold it firm |
batting
batten | stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber |
| fore-and-aft sail | any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
gaffsail
gaff-headed sail | a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff |
lateen
lateen sail | a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean |
press of sail
press of canvas | the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely |
sail
canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
| sail | any structure that resembles a sail |
| square sail | a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast |
| topgallant topgallant sail | a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast |
| batten | secure with battens, batten down a ship's hatches |
batten batten down
secure | furnish with battens, batten ships |
voyage
sail navigate | travel on water propelled by wind or by other means, The QE will sail to Southampton tomorrow |
| sail | traverse or travel on (a body of water), We sailed the Atlantic, He sailed the Pacific all alone |
sweep
sail | move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions, The diva swept into the room, Shreds of paper sailed through the air, The searchlights swept across the sky |
| sail | travel on water propelled by wind, I love sailing, especially on the open sea, the ship sails on |
breeze through
ace
pass with flying colors
sweep through
sail through
nail | succeed at easily, She sailed through her exams, You will pass with flying colors, She nailed her astrophysics course |