a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships.
The third mast aft on sailing ships carrying three or more masts.
TheLosAngelesClippers: During the mid-1800s, fast sailing ships known as clippers transported goods and passengers across the oceans.
The initial concept sketches of the sail barge depicted a much more ornate craft, reminiscent of baroque sailing ships or pirate craft.
Now the car had come out onto the waterfront where the ferry that ran across to Regla docked and the coastwise sailing ships tied up.
To the stimulus offered by the English Channel some people have reacted by staying at home; others have crossed it in rowboats, sailing ships, steamers, or, in modern times simply by swimming.
