point of sail vs throat

point of sail

noun
  • A sailing vessel's course in relation to the wind direction. 

throat

noun
  • The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. 

  • A narrow opening in a vessel. 

  • The front part of the neck. 

  • Station throat. 

  • The inside of a timber knee. 

  • That end of a gaff which is next to the mast. 

  • The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. 

  • The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. 

  • The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. 

  • The gullet or windpipe. 

verb
  • To utter in or with the throat. 

  • to throat threats 

  • To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.) 

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