drift sail (driftsal)

Naut., a sail attached to a hawser, thrown overboard and veered ahead so as to act as a drag and keep the ship's head to the sea in heavy weather. drift way (drift'wa), n. 1. A road over which cattle are driven. The horse-pa enger way became in lapse of time a drift way . Contemporary Rev. , L. 876. 2. Naut. and in mining, same as drift. drift weed (drift'wed), n. 1. Same as gulf weed.-2. In England, the tangle, Laminaria digit at a, especially cylindrical portions of the frond.