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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fore-and-aft sail
History
From sprit + sail.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
