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sails

/seɪlz/ noun B1
  1. The sailmaker on board ship. (slang)

Plural sails

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Ten minutes afterwards, the sails were furled, and they cast anchor about a hundred fathoms from the little harbor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1090 · C1
“Let go—and clue up!” At this last command all the sails were lowered, and the vessel moved almost imperceptibly onwards.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 3 · C1
There’s no hope of getting a talk with Miss Lantry before she sails.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 11 · C1
Then in the long days on board ship, when the vessel, gliding on with security over the azure sea, required no care but the hand of the helmsman, thanks to the favorable winds that swelled her sails, Edmond, with a chart in his hand, became the instructor of Jacopo, as the poor Abbé Faria had been his tutor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 241 · C1

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