spritsail

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English - Turkish
(isim) yan yelken
yelken
{i} yan yelken
English - English
A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit
{n} the sail on the bowsprit of a ship
A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard
A sail extended by a sprit
Small sail mounted on a yard on the bowsprit
a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
A sail attached to a yard which hangs under the bowsprit, and has a large hole at each of its lower corners to evacuate the water which fills its cavity by the surge of the sea when the ship pitches
A small, loose- footed square sail, supported on a yard (the "sprityard") carried under the bowsprit
spritsail
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