storm-sail

Hoisting the jib to the mainmast by way of a storm-sail, he hove to, putting the head of the vessel towards the land.

The Mysterious Island 2005

Hoisting the jib to the mainmast by way of a storm-sail, he hove to, putting the head of the vessel towards the land.

The Mysterious Island 2005

The ship now gradually righted, and with the aid of a storm-sail in her mizzen rigging, for her top-sail had been torn into shreds, her head was got to the wind.

The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud

By the middle of the afternoon Lund had related his sixth story, being the veracious history of how one Louis McGraw, a famous fishing-skipper of Mingan, rode out a tremendous gale on the Orphan Bank, with both cables out, the storm-sail set, her helm lashed amidships, and the crew fastened below as tightly as possible.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

Before eleven a third reef was taken in the main-sail, and Johnson filled the cabin with a storm-sail of No. 1 duck, and sat cross-legged on the streaming floor, vigorously putting it to rights with a couple of the hands.

The Wrecker 1898

England's black ones, with a storm-sail on her military mainmast.

Great Sea Stories Various 1897

Throughout the ordeal the little _Iroquois_ -- for small she was by modern standards -- though at a stand-still, lay otherwise as unconcerned as a duck in a mill-pond; her screw turning slowly, a triangular rag of storm-sail showing to steady her, rolling deeply but easily, and bowing the waves with gentle movement up or down, an occasional tremor alone betraying the shock when an unusually heavy comber hit her in the eyes.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

The prognostication was correct, as we can testify, for out on the Atlantic our bark could carry only a mere rag of a foresail, somewhat larger than a table-cloth, and with this storm-sail she went flying before the tempest, all those dark days, with a large "bone in her mouth," [1] making great headway, even under the small sail.

Voyage of the Liberdade Joshua Slocum 1877

It was not large enough, but by adding the storm-sail and the hide of the deer the covering was made complete.

Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Walter Paget 1867