topsail

Speech parts

1. topsail - Noun

2. Topsail - Proper noun

Meaning

In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

sail sheet canvas canvass

Hyponyms

fore-topsail

Phrases with the word

topsail mast jib topsail topsail-sheet bitts gaff topsail rig

Anagrams

apostil

Examples

The ship had a smaller topsail on the mainmast above the mainsail and on the foremast above the foresail. Source: Internet

Thus the sail second up the mizzen-mast is the "mizzen topsail", and the third sail up the fore-mast is the "fore topgallant sail". Source: Internet

Gaff-rigged vessels may also have another sail, called a topsail, above the gaff. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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