In some square-rigged vessels: a small, square sail attached to a yard slung under the bowsprit. Cf. sprit, n.1 3a. Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set under bowsprit (3) spritsail1466 In some square-rigged vessels: a small, square sail attached to a yard slung under the bowsprit. Cf. sprit, n.1 3a. Now historical. Jamie Green1866 The name of a type of sail found on tea-clippers. Cf. Jimmy Green n. at Jimmy, n.2 8. Jimmy Green1913 = Jamie Green, n.; a sail under the jib-boom. |
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