press of sail

1. 1.

   the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely

   Synonymspress of canvas

   Broadersail

Questions about press of sail

What does press of sail mean?

press of sail means "the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely".

What is another word for press of sail?

Close synonyms include press of canvas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is press of sail a common word?

press of sail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.