spread

spread n Since there were no gaffs or booms on those sails, a long stick called a spread from fourteen to fifteen feet long was used to hoist sail. This spread would be put in a loop in the peak of the sail and pushed up until the sail came tight. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jul 79 Used I Used I Used I...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/42687
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Summary:spread n Since there were no gaffs or booms on those sails, a long stick called a spread from fourteen to fifteen feet long was used to hoist sail. This spread would be put in a loop in the peak of the sail and pushed up until the sail came tight. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Jul 79 Used I Used I Used I SPREADER.

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