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drift sail

drift sail noun: a sail immersed in the water, used for lessening the drift of a vessel during a storm.

Noun

drift sail (plural drift sails)

  1. A sail immersed in the water, used for lessening the drift of a vessel during a storm.

Forms of drift sail

pluraldrift sails

Questions about drift sail

What does drift sail mean?
Drift sail means a sail immersed in the water, used for lessening the drift of a vessel during a storm.
What part of speech is drift sail?
Drift sail is a noun.
What is the plural of drift sail?
The plural of drift sail is drift sails.

Words near drift sail in the dictionary

  1. drift of the forest
  2. drift off
  3. drift park
  4. drift parks
  5. drift phonk
  6. drift sail
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  8. drift seed
  9. drift seeds
  10. drift space
  11. drift spaces

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