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after-sail
after-sail n. 
/ˈaftəseɪl/,
Brit. /ˈɑːftəseɪl/
, /ˈɑːftəseɪl//ˈaftəseɪl/U.S. /ˈæftərˌseɪl/
Nautical (usually in plural) a sail on the mizzen-mast of a ship, or on the stays between the mainmast and the mizzen-mast; (also occasionally) a sail on the mainmast; cf. foresail n./ˈæftərˌseɪl/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sails set near stern
after-sail1627
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 32 All after sailes, that is, all the sailes belonging to the maine Mast and Miszen keepes her to wind ward, therefore few ships will steare vpon quarter winds with one saile, but must haue one after saile, and one head saile.
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum After-sails, the Sails that belong to the Main and Missen Masts, and keep the Ship to the Wind.
1813 R. Southey Life Nelson I. iii. 124 He ordered..the driver and after-sails to be brailed up and shivered.
1906 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 394 Before long a second fire-ship was fast on the larboard quarter and the Henry's aftersails broke into flame.
2004 J. Sudgen Nelson xx. 545 After the first broadside, Nelson ordered the after sails to be braced up and the helm put a-port.
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