Associations to the word «Spritsail»
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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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.