topsail
IPA: tˈɑpsˈeɪɫ
noun
- (nautical) A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
- (nautical) In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
- A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Examples of "topsail" in Sentences
- The main course and topsail could be reefed.
- In light wind, a topsail may also be raised.
- They were all pole masted cutters with gaff topsail.
- Argia is a two masted, gaff rigged, topsail schooner.
- She was a two masted topsail schooner with a single deck.
- The order was given to clew down haul the lower topsails.
- A single square rigged topsail is acceptable on a schooner.
- Most had a topsail above the huge mainsail and a large foresail.
- The lower topgallant sail is immediately above the upper topsail.
- The rigging consisted of a single mast with a square mainsail and a topsail.
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