dragon sail

dragon sail
A sail that is believed to have been used by the Vikings on their ships. It was formed like a wing and square-rigged, and was up to 24x4 meters in size. The sail was swung from one side to the other to keep to aid in steering.

Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Dragon Harald Fairhair (ship) — Dragon Harald Fairhair. The ninth strake soon in place. Career (Norway) …   Wikipedia

  • Dragon Attack — Queen – The Game Veröffentlichung 30. Juni 1980 Label EMI/Parlophone; Elektra, Hollywood Records (USA) Format(e) LP, Cassette; CD; DVD Audio (2003) Genre( …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sail On, Sailor — Infobox Single Name = Sail On, Sailor Artist = The Beach Boys from Album = Holland Released = January 29, 1973 March 10, 1975 Format = Vinyl Recorded = Unknown Genre = Pop music Length = 3 min 18 sec Label = Capitol Records Producer = Carl Wilson …   Wikipedia

  • Dragon War — For the 2007 film whose title is short for Dragon Wars , see D War (film). Dragon War   …   Wikipedia

  • Dragon Festival — Not to be confused with Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Festival is a Spanish free festival which ran from 1997 to 2009, held at Los Cigarrones on the riverbed of the Rio Guadalfeo, 2 km to the south of Órgiva, Spain, during the month of… …   Wikipedia

  • Flying dragon — Flying Fly ing, a. [From {Fly}, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. [1913 Webster] {Flying army} (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • How to Train Your Dragon — is a 2003 children s novel by British author Cressida Cowell, and published by Hodder Children s Books.Five sequels have been released: How To Be A Pirate , How to Speak Dragonese , How to Train Your Viking , How to Cheat a Dragon s Curse , How… …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Dragon (D46) — For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dragon. Career …   Wikipedia

  • Crystal Dragon — For the video game, see Suishō no Dragon. Crystal Dragon クリスタル☆ドラゴン Genre Fantasy, Historical, Adventure Manga Written by Yuho Ashibe …   Wikipedia

  • Ninja in the Dragon's Den — Ninja in the Dragon’s Den Directed by Corey Yuen Produced by Ng See yuen Written by Corey Yuen Ng See yuen Starring …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”