Noun:

ਸੇਲ ਪ੍ਰੈਸ,

press of sail's Usage Examples:

Heavily laden and making upriver under a press of sail, Dauntless became unmanageable and broached to.

Wolverine"s bow was hove around with difficulty and by using a heavy press of sail she was dragged through the mud into 11 feet of water.

The privateer put on such a press of sail that she lost her maintopmast, which enabled Porcupine to come up.

people saw, or imagined they saw, a vessel standing for them under a press of sail, as though she would run them down: one in particular affirmed it was.

" his ships being reputed as fast, handy, and able to carry a large press of sail.

The two vessels immediately weighed and, under a heavy press of sail made every endeavour to beat south but the shoals forced them to stand.

Centurion under a press of sail, was the first to come up with the rearmost French ship, which she attacked.

At this the French abandoned their attack, turned, and fled under a press of sail.

levelled to fire horizontally in any state of heeling of the ship under a press of sail.

waterline beam amidships to provide enough form stability to stand up to a press of sail; and a good 1,400lb of lead at the bottom of the boat’s gently curving.

Synonyms:

weigh down, drag down, grind, squelch, mash, push, squeeze, knuckle, touch, craunch, crunch, crush, cranch, press down on, squash, bear down on, bear down,

Antonyms:

beseeching, curse, bless, outbid, underbid,