Associations to the word «Spritsail»

Wiktionary

SPRITSAIL, noun. (nautical) A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit.

Dictionary definition

SPRITSAIL, noun. A fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne