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= trysail, n. Obsolete. rare.
A small fore-and-aft sail, set with a gaff, and sometimes with a boom, on the fore- or mainmast, or on a small supplementary mast abaft either of…
A fore-and-aft sail, set with a gaff, serving as a trysail to the fore or main mast of a vessel.