The St. Pierre shook out her bellying sails and the white sheets drew to a full beam wind.

Catherine had one hand across her mouth as she watched the distant masts with their pale, bellying sails.

The noble bosom of the strait bore several dhows speeding in and out of the bay of Zanzibar with bellying sails.

A brisk breeze was blowing, that filled out the bellying sails of the ships, and beat the waters into little waves capped with snowy foam.