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fore-and-aft topsail — noun a triangular fore and aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast • Syn: ↑gaff topsail • Hypernyms: ↑fore and aft sail … Useful english dictionary
fore-and-aft topsail. — See gaff topsail (def. 1) … Useful english dictionary
fore-and-aft sail — noun any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore and aft direction • Hypernyms: ↑sail, ↑canvas, ↑canvass, ↑sheet • Hyponyms: ↑gaffsail, ↑gaff headed sail, ↑gaff topsail, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
topsail — [täp′sāl΄; ] naut. [, täp′səl] n. 1. in a square rigged vessel, the square sail, or either of a pair of square sails, next above the lowest sail on a mast 2. in a fore and aft rigged vessel, the small sail set above the gaff of a fore and aft… … English World dictionary
Topsail — Top sail , n. (Naut.) 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Topsail schooner — Topsail Top sail , n. (Naut.) 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
topsail — ► NOUN 1) a sail set on a ship s topmast. 2) a fore and aft sail set above the gaff … English terms dictionary
Topsail — A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails. Square rig On a square rigged vessel, a topsail is a square sail rigged above the course sail and below the topgallant sail where… … Wikipedia
topsail schooner — Schooner Schoon er, n. [See the Note below. Cf. {Shun}.] (Naut.) Originally, a small, sharp built vessel, with two masts and fore and aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a {topsail schooner}. About… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
topsail — /ˈtɒpseɪl/ (say topsayl), Nautical / səl/ (say suhl) noun 1. a square sail (or either of two square sails) next above the lowest or chief square sail on a mast of a square rigged vessel, or next above a chief fore and aft sail on topsail… …
