Cloathe.
We say a saile doth cloath the mast when it is so long, that it touches the gratings or hatches, so as no wind can goe betwixt the saile and the hatches and gratings: A ship spreads much cloath, that is, when she hath broad sailes.
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We say a saile doth cloath the mast when it is so long, that it touches the gratings or hatches, so as no wind can goe betwixt the saile and the hatches and gratings: A ship spreads much cloath, that is, when she hath broad sailes.