spanker
noun
- a person or thing that spanks
- Informal an exceptionally fine, large, etc. person or thing
- Naut.
- a fore-and-aft sail, usually hoisted on a gaff, on the after mast of a square-rigged vessel
- ☆ the after mast and its sail on a schooner-rigged vessel of more than three masts
See spanker in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(spăngˈkər)
noun Nautical A usually gaff-headed sail set from the aftermost lower mast of a sailing ship.
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