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grisaille: A painting,stained-glass window in the grisaille manner(=a technique of monochrome painting in shades of grey)
Category: Management in the public and private sector

grisaille: A technique of monochrome painting in shades of grey.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

mainsail: fore-and-aft sail set on the after side of the mainmast.
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

sail: sheet of canvas or strong textile material cut to a particular shape and hemmed and usually fitted with eyelets or other fastening devices
Category: Various industries and crafts

sail: describes a specific deployment state of an automatic parachute,deployed with a static line and deployment bag which pulls the vent in the flight direction before separation.The canopy forms a sail with its outside,before it is stretched by the free stream-flow
Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure

sailab: irrigation through flood waters let out into the areas adjoining the rivers.The water flows over the land without any control and any surplus goes to wasteways.Crops are then raised on the moisture of the soil
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

sailcloth: a general term for fabrics used for sails; may be made of cotton, linen, jute...nylon...or filament nylon which...is smooth, light, strong and durable and has good resistance to salt water, moisture and d ries rapidly.
Category: Various industries and crafts

sailing: any ship provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails only,whether or not provided with auxiliary power
Category: Transport

sailing: the guarantee on a ship stating that the ship will sail within a determined time after the acceptance of the insurance; an express guarantee may specify the sailing date of the ship
Category: Insurance

sailing: navigation using sails as an alternative or supplement to propulsion by machinery.Sails are also used to assist in the control of fishing vessels when manoeuvring during fishing operations(stabilisation relative to wind,to currents,etc.)
Category: General

sailplane: a glider designed to utilize only atmospheric currents for sustained free flight
Category: Transport

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