English Explanatory Dictionary

spritsail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

Word forms

spritsail spritsails sprit-sail

Etymology

From sprit + sail.

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