topsail : Idioms & Phrases


Club topsail

  • (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.
Webster 1913

fore-and-aft topsail

  • noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
    fore-and-aft topsail.
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fore-topsail

  • noun the topsail on a foremast
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Fore`-top"sail noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) See Sail.
Webster 1913

gaff topsail

  • noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
    fore-and-aft topsail.
WordNet

gaff-topsail

Gaff`-top"sail noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
Webster 1913

Jib topsail

  • (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs.
Webster 1913

main-topsail

  • noun a topsail set on the mainmast
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Topsail schooner

  • . (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.
Webster 1913

Upper topsail

  • (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
Webster 1913