Sprit Definitions

Useful Words

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Spritsail : آڑی بلی والا مستول , Mizen : جہاز کا بادبان , Lateen : تکونا بادبان , Staysail : بادبان جو جہاز ٹھہرنے کے بعد کہول دیا جاتا ھے , Carrefour : چوراہا , Mast : بادبانوں کو سہارا دینے والا ستون , Whipping : سینا , Cutaway : چاک دامن کوٹ , Jaywalker : لا پروائی سے سڑک پار کرنے والا , Abdominal External Oblique Muscle : پیٹ کا پٹھہ , Transept : عرضی بازو , Equinox : شب و روز کا توازن , Thumb Index : انگشت اشاریہ , Running Light : پہلو سے آنے والی روشنی , Timber Hitch : پھندا , Brail : رسی سے بادبان سمیٹنا , Brigantine : بادبانی کشتی , Mainsail : جہاز کا مرکزی بادبان , Outpoint : ہوا کے رخ پر جہاز کا چلنا , Headsail : بادبان , Brail : بادبان کی رسی , Lateen : تکونے بادبانوں والا , Halliard : بادبانوں کو اتارنے چڑھانے والی رسی , Cruise : بحری جہاز میں سیر کرنا , Dark-Field Microscope : جدید خوردبین , Searchlight : سرچ لائٹ , Racing Yacht : بادبانی کشتی , Laser : روشنی کی تابش بڑھانے کا آلہ , Acer Saccharinum : چاندی میپل , Butternut : شمال امریکہ میں پایا جانے والا اخروٹ کا درخت , Gleam : کرن

Useful Words Definitions

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Spritsail: a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit.

Mizen: fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.

Lateen: a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean.

Staysail: a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts).

Carrefour: a junction where one street or road crosses another.

Mast: a vertical spar for supporting sails.

Whipping: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally.

Cutaway: a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees.

Jaywalker: a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally.

Abdominal External Oblique Muscle: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso.

Transept: structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles.

Equinox: either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length.

Thumb Index: one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections.

Running Light: light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow.

Timber Hitch: a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch.

Brail: take in a sail with a brail.

Brigantine: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast.

Mainsail: the lowermost sail on the mainmast.

Outpoint: sail closer to the wind than.

Headsail: any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.

Brail: a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in.

Lateen: rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.

Halliard: a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag.

Cruise: sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing.

Dark-Field Microscope: light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes.

Searchlight: a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction.

Racing Yacht: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.

Laser: an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.

Acer Saccharinum: a common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood.

Butternut: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye.

Gleam: a flash of light (especially reflected light).