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sail

 
 
/seɪl/ noun

Translation

[C] a large piece of material that is fixed to a pole on a boat to catch the wind and make the boat move
yelken
1705
set sail to start a journey by boat or ship
sefere çıkmak, yelken açmak, yelkenliyle hareket etmek
1705
(Definition of sail noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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