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cross-jack, cro'jack Naut.|ˈkrɒsdʒæk, ˈkrɔːs-; ˈkrɒdʒək|
A square sail bent to the lower yard of the mizen-mast.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 17 A drift sayle, a crosiack, a netting sayle. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine, Cross-jack, pronounced crojeck, a sail extended on the lower yard of the mizen-mast..This sail..is..very seldom used. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 197 In 1816, I fitted a main-sail and cross-jack in the same way. 1858Merc. Marine Mag. V. 19 The sail taken off was the cross-jack and main-sail.
b. attrib., as cross-jack brace; cross-jack yard (see quot. 1867); cross-jack-eyed a. (Sailors' slang) = cross-eyed.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. iii. 17 The Crossieacke Yard and Spretsaile Yard to be of a length. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxiii. 69, I was stationed at the weather cross-jack braces. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Cross-jack-yard..the lower yard on the mizen-mast, to the arms of which the clues of the mizen top-sail are extended..It is now very common in merchant ships to set a sail called a cross-jack upon this yard. 1892Eng. Illustr. Mag. IX. 849 Haul in your weather cro'jack brace! |