Complete Definition of "topsail"

English

Noun
topsail

  1. nautical A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
  2. nautical In a fore-and-aft -rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast

Translations
trans-top|sail above the course sail
Dutch: bovenzeil n
Finnish: märssypurje
French: hunier m
German: Toppsegel n
trans-bottom

fr:topsail
te:topsail

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