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English
Adverb
wing-and-wing (not comparable)
- (nautical) Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.
- (nautical) Sailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).
Translations
sailing with studding sails
sailing mainsail and headsails on different sides