wing-and-wing

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wing-and-wing (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.
  2. (nautical) Sailing a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel before the wind with the mainsail and a headsail on different sides (in goose wing position).

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