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shoulder-of-mutton sails

shoulder-of-mutton sails is the plural of shoulder-of-mutton sail.

Meaning of shoulder-of-mutton sail

Noun

shoulder-of-mutton sail (plural shoulder-of-mutton sails)

  1. A triangular sail attached to the top of a boat's mast. It may also attach to a boom.
    • Now I wished for my boy Xury, and the long-boat with shoulder-of-mutton sail, with which I sailed above a thousand miles on the coast of Africa1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC

Questions about shoulder-of-mutton sails

What is shoulder-of-mutton sails the plural of?
Shoulder-of-mutton sails is the plural of shoulder-of-mutton sail.

Words near shoulder-of-mutton sails in the dictionary

  1. shoulder-blades
  2. shoulder-knot
  3. shoulder-knots
  4. shoulder-length
  5. shoulder-of-mutton sail
  6. shoulder-of-mutton sails
  7. shoulder-pole
  8. shoulder-poles
  9. shoulder-strap
  10. shoulder-straps
  11. shoulder-to-shoulder

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