Definition of "headsails" [headsails]

• Plural form of headsail. (noun)

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• "The faint back-draught from the headsails fanned his cheek and chest with"
• "I was rounding up at the time, alongside the shoal -- a ticklish place -- headsails running down and losing way, so I says, 'Excuse me, Miss Lackland,' and yells for'ard, 'Let go!'"
• "All hands watched her coming on -- the brightly coppered forefoot parting the water like a golden knife, the headsails flapping lazily and emptily at each downward surge, and the towering canvas tiers dipping and courtesying with each stately swing of the sea."