What is an additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt called?
bonnet — (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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