bellied-out

Updated: July 10, 2026

The next minute he had put his helm gently up; the bow of the boat fell away from the wind; and presently just as they had time to see the green depths of the rocks they had succeeded in weathering the war-galley of the great chieftain was spinning away down Loch Scrone, racing with the racing waves, the wind tearing and hauling at her bellied-out jib.

William Black - The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols