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FORE-AND-AFT TOPSAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fore-and-aft topsail mean?
• FORE-AND-AFT TOPSAIL (noun)
The noun FORE-AND-AFT TOPSAIL has 1 sense:
1. a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
Familiarity information: FORE-AND-AFT TOPSAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fore-and-aft topsail; gaff topsail
Hypernyms ("fore-and-aft topsail" is a kind of...):
fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)
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