spritsail

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.”