SAIL

Definitions

1. 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. Milton.
2. 2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. 3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. Spenser .
4. 4. the extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. 6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.