5.(Nautical Terms) Also called:whisker boomorwhisker poleany light spar used for extending the clews of a sail, esp in light airs 6.(Chemistry)chema very fine filamentary crystal having greater strength than the bulk material since it is a single crystal. Such crystals often show unusual elec...
Google Share on Facebook whisker (redirected fromWhisker pole) Dictionary Thesaurus Medical whisker 1.any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal 2.any light spar used for extending the clews of a sail, esp in light airs ...
Usually spars are attached to a mast to support a sail or awhisker polefor extending the jibe when sailing downwind. cordis Only one spinnakerpoleorwhisker poleshall be used at a time except when gybing. ParaCrawl Corpus The first impression is that thewhisker poleis a good investment for dow...
The hindrance thus caused to the flight of the balloon, together with the pressure of the wind, would allow the use of a sail. The flight then might reach an angle of 40° away from the wind direc- tion. This steering apparatus, invented by M. Andree, has often been used by him in...
the central part of each cushion block is provided with a gap along the round pipe extending direction; the central part on the other side of the round pipe is provided with another cushion block fixedly connected with the round pipe; and the pipe wall opposed to the cushion block is provi...