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topsail::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | canvas, canvass, sail, sheet |
| Has types | fore-topsail |
Examples of topsail
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Topsail outshot Albemarle 19-8, and goalkeeper Michael Hall had six saves.
From the newsobserver.com
The fore lower topsail on the 1877 sailing ship Elissa was shredded by Hurricane Ike.
From the chron.com
A square-topsail schooner carries one or more square-rigged topsails on its foremast.
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Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques.
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Even today, a topsail schooner bound out of Port Ludlow, Wash., is not such an uncommon sight.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The ship had a smaller topsail on the mainmast above the mainsail and on the foremast above the foresail.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The lowest square sail was the course, the next sail up the mast was called the topsail, the next the topgallant sail.
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It is a traditional two-masted, gaff-rigged, topsail schooner with more than 3,000 square feet of sail and a beam of 21 feet.
From the thenewstribune.com
The park is named for a dune that resembles a ship's topsail and stands 25 feet above sea level, according to the park's brochure.
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- A sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
- A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails.
- Topsail is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A triangular sail set above the gaff on a gaff rigged boat.
- Complex V.rotundifolia (ie. Muscadine) cultivar. Derived from a Latham x Burgaw cross. Mainly grown in the Deep South and Gulf States of the U.S.A where it is recommended as a suitable tablegrape variety with good Pierce's Disease resistance.
- The second highest sail on a square-rigged ship.
- Sail set above the gaff or the second sail up from the deck on a square-rigger.
- The second sail (counting from the bottom) up a mast. These may be either square sails or fore-and-aft ones, in which case they often "fill in" between the mast and the gaff of the sail below.
