TRYSAIL

Noun

trysail (plural trysails)

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

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Try"sail, n. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. Totten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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