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TOPSAIL
topsail
(noun) a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
topsail (plural topsails)
(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.
Anagrams
• 'ospital, apostil
Etymology
Proper noun
Topsail
A neighbourhood in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Anagrams
• 'ospital, apostil
Source: Wiktionary
Top"sail`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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