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topsail |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. See {Cutter}, {Schooner}, {Sail}, and {Ship}. {Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration in Appendix. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: topsail n : a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
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