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Press of canvas

noun

The greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely. Synonym: press of sail.

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... bound to the Baltic, and the first day out a heavy press of canvas was carried in order to get a good offing, lest the wind and sea should make and catch them tight on a lee shore. After they had been out twenty-four hours they both tacked off Flamborough Head, bearing west twenty miles, and stood to the N.E. The Silverspray passed close ...

— The Shellback's Progress - In the Nineteenth Century • Walter Runciman

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... carrying a press of canvas, and "lying over" to it in fine style. In a short time the stranger was almost within speaking distance, and Captain Lane made her out to be a large heavily-sparred clipper brig. A collision seemed inevitable, if she ...

— Sustained honor - The Age of Liberty Established • John R. Musick,

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