She was given a tall mizzen mast, with a large gaff sail, well forward of the wheel and a smaller spritsail.
The spritsail flapped emptily and the boat righted to an even keel, causing the two men swiftly to change position.
Three sails are carried on the bowsprit along with the spritsail that hangs from the spritsail yard.
Sails named for parts of the ship include gaff sails, jib-headed sails, spritsails, and lateen and lugsails.
It is also fitted with two small masts rigged with spritsails, a sailing rig that is still used by Thames sailing barges today.
1.1A sail extended by a yard set under a ship's bowsprit.
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The spritsail was a simple triangular sail, whose leading edge was fastened to the mast by a rope.
By the beginning years of the 19th century the dolphin-striker and martingale were invented, which provided a permanent truss but interfered with the spritsail, which became obsolete.
Most of the small coastal vessels have spritsails which was the commonest rig for small vessels at this period.
During the reign of Henry the Eighth, ships with two and three masts carried main and top sails, lateen mizzen sails and spritsails set under the bowsprit.
Rhymes
schnitzel
Definition of spritsail in US English:
spritsail
noun
1A sail extended by a sprit.
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Example sentencesExamples
The spritsail flapped emptily and the boat righted to an even keel, causing the two men swiftly to change position.
Three sails are carried on the bowsprit along with the spritsail that hangs from the spritsail yard.
It is also fitted with two small masts rigged with spritsails, a sailing rig that is still used by Thames sailing barges today.
She was given a tall mizzen mast, with a large gaff sail, well forward of the wheel and a smaller spritsail.
Sails named for parts of the ship include gaff sails, jib-headed sails, spritsails, and lateen and lugsails.
1.1A sail extended by a yard set under a ship's bowsprit.
斜杠帆
Example sentencesExamples
By the beginning years of the 19th century the dolphin-striker and martingale were invented, which provided a permanent truss but interfered with the spritsail, which became obsolete.
During the reign of Henry the Eighth, ships with two and three masts carried main and top sails, lateen mizzen sails and spritsails set under the bowsprit.
The spritsail was a simple triangular sail, whose leading edge was fastened to the mast by a rope.
Most of the small coastal vessels have spritsails which was the commonest rig for small vessels at this period.