Definitions | topsail |
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- (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.
- (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: - Dutch: bovenzeil
- French: hunier
- German: Toppsegel
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