Look up: spritsail

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   spritsail
   [n] - a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
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   Spritsail
   Sprit'sail noun (Nautical) (a) A sail extended by a sprit. (b) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/174
   
   
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   spritsail
   noun a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
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   Spritsail
   The `spritsail` is a form of three or four-sided, fore-aft sail and its rig. Unlike the gaff where the head hangs from a spar along its edge, this rig supports the leech of the sail by means of a spar or spars named a `sprit`. The forward end of the sprit spar is attached to the mast but which bisects the face of the sail, with the after end of the sprit spar attaching to the peak and/or the clew of the sail. It is said to be the ancestor from wh...
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   Spritsail
   • (n.) A sail extended by a sprit. • (n.) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
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   Spritsail
   A four-sided fore and aft sail set on the mast, and supported by a spar from the mast diagonally to the peak of the sail.
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