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.
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
Noun
a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
n.
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
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
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