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

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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

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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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