Crossword puzzle clue "how a ship's sails may be positioned"

toward the side of a vessel sheltered from the wind

(French) a small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, also GALLIOT

ALIGN, to arrange in line

of an anchor, in a vertical position, also APEEK

the oxygenating fluid (red in the higher animals) circulating in the body, also BLUD, BLUDE, BLUID

(French) having lost caste or social standing