trevo dell\'albero di maestra
English translation: main course/mainsail
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / In A Historical Novel | |||||||
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| Reference Reference information: It would seem that these were specifically newly introduced square sails: By the late 15th century, commercial ships were outfitted with large square sails, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JtYy67FsRosC&pg=PA231&dq... The full-rigged ship which evolved had square sails on the fore and main masts, http://www.plimsoll.org/diversityofships/whatdrivestheship/h... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2016-06-04 08:52:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- trevo: in un veliero a vele quadre, la vela inferiore degli alberi di trinchetto e di maestra http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/?q=trevo |
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