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Jib Sails

(1) Triangular windmill SAILS of cloth, wound round radial sail arms with the tip of the sail corded to the next arm, on Mediterranean-type mills. (2) Sails with leader boards which pass air behind main section of sail to provide 'lift' or suction, as on aircraft wings or dinghy sails.