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Trysail

Try′sail

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Noun.
(Naut.)
A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; – used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also
spencer
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Totten.

Definition 2024

trysail

trysail

English

Noun

trysail ‎(plural trysails)

  1. (nautical) A small, strong 3-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather.

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