spritsail
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Noun (1)
- a fore-and-aft sail extended by a spritType of fore-and-aft sailParts sprit
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sprit′sail (sprĭt′sāl; among seamen sprĭt′s'l), noun
Nautical (a) A sail extended by a sprit. (b) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54