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Webster 1913 Edition


Spritsail

Sprit′sail

(sprĭt′sāl; among seamen sprĭt′s’l)
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Noun.
(Naut.)
(a)
A sail extended by a sprit.
(b)
A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.

Definition 2024


spritsail

spritsail

English

Noun

spritsail (plural spritsails)

  1. (nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.

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