- storm trysail
- storm trysail nounA small strong sail replacing the mainsail in very bad weather• • •Main Entry: ↑storm
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storm sail — noun : any of numerous small strong heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather * * * storm sail noun A storm trysail • • • Main Entry: ↑storm * * * n. a sail used in stormy weather, of smaller size and stronger material than the… … Useful english dictionary
trysail — [trī′sāl΄; ] naut. [, trī′səl] n. [< naut. phr. a try, the position of lying to in a storm] a small, sturdy, fore and aft sail hoisted when other canvas has been lowered, to keep a vessel s head to the wind in a storm … English World dictionary
Trysail — Try sail, n. (Naut.) A fore and aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also {spencer}. Totten. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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