Definitions for: Topsail

[n] a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast

Webster (1913) Definition: Top"sail`, n. (Naut.)
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 gaff. See Cutter,
Schooner, Sail, and Ship.

Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration
in Appendix.

See Also: canvas, canvass, fore-topsail, sail, sheet

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