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topsail
n.
upper sail of a sailing ship
Topsail
A
topsail is a
sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails.
topsail
Noun
1. a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
(hypernym) sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
(hyponym) fore-topsail
Topsail
(n.)
In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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