voilier

Definitions of voilier
  1. noun
    a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
  2. noun
    a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
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    barque, troit-mats
    a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
    canot
    a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
    galion
    a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
    chaloupe
    a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
    bateau de peche
    a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
    type of:
    avion, bateau, vaisseau
    a craft designed for water transportation
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