sail plan

noun Naval Architecture.

a side elevation of a sailing vessel showing all sails and spars and some or all of the standing rigging, as if set directly fore-and-aft so that the true proportions are visible: sometimes combined with the rigging plan of the vessel.

Origin of sail plan

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby sail plan

saigon, saigon cinnamon, sail, sail close to the wind, sail into, sail plan, sail through, sail under false colors, sail-over, sailboard, sailboarding

Example sentences from the Web for sail plan

  • Figs. 38 to 40 give a general view, sail-plan and lines, of this ship as reconstructed.

    Ancient and Modern Ships. |George C. V. Holmes

  • Officers of men-of-war used to come on board to take the exact dimensions of her sail-plan.

    The Mirror of the Sea |Joseph Conrad