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Meaning of topsail

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

topsail

Pronunciation:/ˈtɒp.seɪl//ˈtɑp.seɪl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.

  2. In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.