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Spritsail   Listen
noun
Spritsail  n.  (Naut.)
(a)
A sail extended by a sprit.
(b)
A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.






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"Spritsail" Quotes from Famous Books



... the head by a grape-shot and carried below; the second lieutenant, Mr. U. H. Allen (no relation of the captain), continued to fight the ship with great skill. The Pelican's fire continued very heavy, the Argus losing her spritsail-yard and most of the standing rigging on the port side of the foremast. At 6.14 Captain Maples bore up to pass astern of his antagonist, but Lieutenant Allen luffed into the wind and threw the main-top-sail aback, getting into a beautiful ...
— The Naval War of 1812 • Theodore Roosevelt



Words linked to "Spritsail" :   fore-and-aft sail, sprit



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