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Definition of sprit in English: spritnounsprɪtsprɪt Sailing A small spar reaching diagonally from a mast to the upper outer corner of a sail. Example sentencesExamples - When the smoke cleared, the Indy was nearly sprit to sprit with the Spanish Frigate.
- Using a longer spar, and attaching it lower down the mast, can allow the sail to be nearly rectangular, the top-front corner being held by the mast alone, and the top-rear by the spar or sprit alone.
Origin Old English sprēot '(punting) pole'; related to sprout. Rhymes acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit Definition of sprit in US English: spritnounspritsprɪt Sailing A small spar reaching diagonally from low on a mast to the upper outer corner of a sail. Example sentencesExamples - When the smoke cleared, the Indy was nearly sprit to sprit with the Spanish Frigate.
- Using a longer spar, and attaching it lower down the mast, can allow the sail to be nearly rectangular, the top-front corner being held by the mast alone, and the top-rear by the spar or sprit alone.
Origin Old English sprēot ‘(punting) pole’; related to sprout. |