Topsail Definition

tŏpsəl, -sāl
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.
Webster's New World
In a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, the small sail set above the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Topsail

Noun

Singular:
topsail
Plural:
topsails

Topsail Sentence Examples

  • For her delivery voyage she was rigged as a topsail schooner, the mast being removed on arrival.

  • After the squall passed we soon had the topsail back up and then tried the staysail but it was too big for the conditions.

  • Another impeccably written adventure, by the end of which you should be able to identify a mizzen topsail in your sleep.

  • A topsail Schooner has a square topsail on the foremast.

  • Three crew members of May [Master - Gerald Gadd] preparing her bowsprit jib and jib topsail.

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Words Starting With

TTOTOP

Words Ending With

LILAIL

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With L