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What is another word for spritsail?

Pronunciation: [spɹˈɪtse͡ɪl] (IPA)

Spritsail is a type of sail commonly used in sailing ships, which is set on a sprit or a spar mounted diagonally across the ship's sails. This type of sail is often referred to as a sprit-top sail or a sprit-fore topsail. However, there are a number of synonyms that can be used to describe this type of sail, including triangular sail, fore and aft sail, and lateen sail. Other terms that may be used to describe spritsail include gaff rig and sprit rig. Regardless of the specific terminology used, the spritsail remains an important component of sailing ships, and a key player in the world of maritime history.
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      sprit.

Usage examples for Spritsail

In this time I had run a distance of about six hundred and fifty miles to the east, and with no other cloths upon the schooner than her spritsail.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
All that day and through the night that followed the schooner drove, rolling and plunging before the seas, into the north-east, to the pulling of the spritsail.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
I looked wistfully at the topsail, but on reflecting that if it should come on to blow hard enough to compel me to heave the brig to she would never hull with that canvas abroad, I resolved to let it lie, for I could cut away the spritsail if the necessity arose and not greatly regret its loss; but to lose the topsail would be a serious matter, though if I did not cut it adrift it might carry away the mast for me; so, as I say, I would not meddle with it.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell

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