bellying

• Sails bellying, the spearhead sprang forward, in a great V. But even as they neared, Perry groaned. —  Amazing Stories November, 1942
• Up to the bar men were bellying, and the bartenders in white jackets were mixing drinks with masterly dexterity. —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
• Even after it had passed a prolonged whistle came through the keyhole, sides, and openings of the closed glass front doors, that served equally for windows, and filled the canvas ceiling which hid the roof above like a bellying sail. —  A First Family of Tasajara
• But, as has already been pointed out, the power of the wind on the globe is vastly increased when the silk becomes slack and forms a hollow to hold the wind, like a bellying sail. —  The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation
• Enlargèd by the bellying breeze, —  The Book of Humorous Verse

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