English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result

Result for Topsail

Topsail (n.)

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.