spritsail
IPA: sprˈɪtsˈeɪɫ
noun
- (nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.
Advertisement
Examples of "spritsail" in Sentences
- They were usually spritsail rigged on two masts.
- The spritsail rig was normally used without a boom.
- She spent some of her life ketch rigged and some of it spritsail rigged.
- The spritsail is a form of three or four sided, fore aft sail and its rig.