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main-topsail::noun | Spocien Dictionary

main-topsail

/meɪn_'tɑp,seɪl/

a topsail set on the mainmast

Type	Words
Type of	canvas, canvass, sail, sheet

main-topsail

Hence a ship-rigged barque would be a four master, square-rigged on fore, main and mizzen, with spanker and gaff topsail only on the Jigger-mast.

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We clewed down, and hauled out the reef-tackles again, and close-reefed the fore-topsail, and furled the main, and hove her to on the starboard tack.

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