Laugh (marine)
See also: LAUGH
In sailing, to take one laugh means to reduce the surface of a sail (traditionally, by folding up part of the veil, which is then maintained by baptized ends garcettes of laugh). The edge of the veil is maintained by a Bosse of laugh while the point of tack is fixed by an eyelet on a hook of the See-of-mule.
The traditional veils included/understood several bands of laugh, which made it possible to reduce the fabric gradually when the wind forcissait.
On the modern sailing ships, one can from now on reduce the sail in a continuous way thanks to systems to rollers (fixed on the stay for the veils of front, or integrated in the Bôme).
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