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In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaf…

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  1. n. In a rigged">square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
  2. n. a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
  3. In a rigged">square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.
  4. In a rigged">square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermostsail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furledin working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail setupon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.
  5. n:100 n. a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast