• verity_kindle
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    11 year ago

    On a ship, a sheet is a line made of rope, used to manipulate the angle of a sail, not a sail itself.

    • @uid0gid0@lemmy.world
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      31 year ago

      Correct, the sheets are trailing in the wind, meaning the sail is not tied down and it’s flapping all over.