belly out

[for a sheet of fabric, such as a ship's sail] to fill out in the wind. The sails bellied out as the ship turned to catch the wind. When the sails bellied out, we began to move forward.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oz (2)	-	Hebrew
Naira	-	Native American, Quechua, Aymara
Gayla	GAY-lə	English
Sara	SAH-rah (Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish), ZAH-rah (German), SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), SAH:-rah (Arabic)	Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German
Nielsen	['nilsən]
Delilah	[di'lailə]