trysail
trysail definition
try·sail (trī′sāl′; naut., -səl)
noun
a small, sturdy, fore-and-aft sail hoisted when other canvas has been lowered, to keep a vessel's head to the wind in a storm
Etymology: < naut. phr. a try, the position of lying to in a storm
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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