单词 | sprit topsail |
释义 | > as lemmassprit topsail sprit topsail n. Nautical (now historical) (in some square-rigged vessels) a sail set ahead of the spritsail, either on the bowsprit or on the spritsail topmast; = spritsail topsail n. at spritsail n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 31 Your Spret and Spret top-saile. 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 150 This rope belongs to all sails except the sprit-sail, and sprit top sail. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. viii. 165 The bowsprit..carried a square spritsail and sprit-topsail. 1999 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 1 Oct. b4 (caption) Crew members of HMS Endeavour replica set the sprit topsail in the early morning mist of Puget Sound. < as lemmas |
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