topsail
noun
- in a square-rigged vessel, the square sail, or either of a pair of square sails, next above the lowest sail on a mast
- in a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, the small sail set above the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail
See topsail in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tŏpˈsəl, -sālˌ)
noun- A square sail set above the lowest sail on the mast of a square-rigged ship.
- A triangular or square sail set above the gaff of a lower sail on a fore-and-aft-rigged ship.
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