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sprit (sprit)

noun

a pole or spar extended diagonally upward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail, serving to extend the sail

Etymology: ME spret < OE spreot, a sprout, pole, akin to Du spriet: for IE base see spread

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